Mccarthy Case Study
1. How far do the sources agree about the amount of support that McCarthy had in the early 1950?
It can be stated that there were 5000- 6000 fan letters sent to McCarthy, this suggest people were still supporting McCarthyism during the 1950, according to source A. However source A is a picture of a puzzled McCarthy with thousands of letters .As+ we cannot verify the supporting letters in source A , it could also be said , that the letters in the picture are hate letters. Thus the reliability of source A is questionable.
Source B is an extract from a book, showing the amount support for McCarthyism in 1950, in terms of the letters to McCarthy, with one stating “why don’t you get the rats out of the state department”. On the other hand the
It can be stated that there were 5000- 6000 fan letters sent to McCarthy, this suggest people were still supporting McCarthyism during the 1950, according to source A. However source A is a picture of a puzzled McCarthy with thousands of letters .As+ we cannot verify the supporting letters in source A , it could also be said , that the letters in the picture are hate letters. Thus the reliability of source A is questionable.
Source B is an extract from a book, showing the amount support for McCarthyism in 1950, in terms of the letters to McCarthy, with one stating “why don’t you get the rats out of the state department”. On the other hand the