The Decade of Fear was essentially caused by one man – Joseph McCarthy. When he served on the Senate from 1947-1957‚ he seemed to make it his personal mission to eradicate all traces of communism from the earth (or at least America). Right away‚ he went after Hollywood‚ black-listing anyone involved in the entertainment industry whom he thought might be linked with communists. The following year‚ he released a list to the public with the names of 154 organizations he believed to have communist affiliations
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at one point the fear from Russia’s communists spread all over America‚ but of course with the help of media and that of some politicians. Senator Joe McCarthy used this climate of fear to foster modern day witch trials‚ in which he persecuted hundreds of innocent people‚ at a time when WWII had left US very
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1953 he was one of the best-known newsmen on television by hosting an informative show on CBS. The show informed people of Joseph McCarthy; a U.S senator from Wisconsin who had a powerful influence on America‚ and how he is charging Milo Radulovich‚ an air force pilot‚ of being a communist. The story illustrates the clash between Murrow and McCarthy after Murrow attacks McCarthy and is then accused of being a communist too. There is no real evidence that Murrow is communist which leads to the topic
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events such as the likes of: Sen. McCarthy and his crusade to "root out" communism in America‚ President Eisenhower ’s administration and his theory of dynamic conservatism‚ the government ’s belief of looking out for big business‚ and the Civil Rights movement helped to usher in a new ideas‚ attitudes‚ and beliefs. The focus of America ’s obsession with containing the spread of communism during the 1950s was in a large part fueled by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. One could argue that for a period
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Everyone was scared to associate‚ to speak‚ to defend‚ because they did not want to be accused as a communist. This ties in with the theme of the movie which is that paranoia silences people and makes them forget from what is right and wrong. Joseph McCarthy was Senator of Wisconsin and he was abusing his power as senator. He spread terror across the American nation. No one wanted to become his enemy because when someone was accused by him‚ they would become “blacklisted”. Those accused would affect
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Week 1 DQ 1 Joseph McCarthy held congressional hearings in which he often used affiliation and hearsay to accuse people of being communists and a threat to the United States. What was unknown at the time was that while his methods were often distasteful and abusive—and possibly illegal—he did successfully identify some dangerous communists. Do you think he should be considered a patriot or not? Why? When looking at this question‚ the first thing we need to know is what a patriot is. The dictionary
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investigating any allegations that were made about communist activity. Despite this groups efforts the United States was still in heightened fear of Communist overtaking or the possibility of becoming a nation similar to that of Russia’s. Senator Joseph McCarthy was a US senator from Wisconsin during this time period. He served for ten years‚ from 1947 until his death in 1957. He is most well-known for being particularly paranoid of communist efforts‚ regularly accusing people of communist behavior when
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a senator with the last name of McCarthy‚ an anti-communist‚ had a belief that communist infiltrated American politics. He referred to this as an “un-American activity”. Individuals that were suspected of being communists were put on what was called the blacklist. Employers were very afraid of his or her own reputations being ruined‚ this preveneted many individuals from being employed. Many individual’s reputations were ruined because of Senator Joseph McCarthy. McCarthyism led to the imprisonment
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stand that lead it to the Cold War. Although the war didn’t involve fighting directly with Russia‚ it still affected the American society and domestic policy. The war affected America so much that it lead to a fear of livelihood; precisely when Joseph McCarthy began his “witch hunt”. The Cold war lead to an enlarged fear of nuclear war; as well‚ it affected many of the domestic policies. Even if the fear of impending doom was to be set aside‚ there would still be the fear of being accused as a communists
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America as Senator Joseph McCarthy would Blacklist innocent people for being “communists” due to little to no evidence and the person having a few opposing traits to him like being Liberal‚ Chinese‚ or speaking out against him. The public were okay with this of course‚ seeing how there was that much fear being spread and rumours of Russian communists taking over the country forced people to do whatever they could to save their “freedom”-even if they had spoken out against McCarthy for what he was doing
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