Mccarhtyism
- 1950´s fear of Communism is high in the USA
- Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
- Period of Paranoia (1950-54)
- Becomes a witch hunt
- Suggestion of guilt was enough to ruin most people
McCarthy said in speech in 1950:
"Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity. The modern champions of communism have selected this as the time, and ladies and gentlemen, the chips are down — they are truly down."
"Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity. The modern champions of communism have selected this as the time, and ladies and gentlemen, the chips are down — they are truly down."
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Summary
McCarthyism is a dark chapter of American History because the methods used to destroy any bit of Communism were neither legal nor democratic.