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SENATOR JOE MCCARTHY
Republican
CAmpaigned in 1944
Attacked La Follette
BEat out Howard McMurray
popular first three years
THE FIRST RED SCARE
Began after the Bolshevik Russian Revolution of 1917 and during WWII
1917-1920
Scared of Communists, solcialiss, anarchists
innocent were put in jail
Dissapeared around 1920
THE SECOND RED SCARE
after WWII
around 1947-1957
fear of communists
people trialed
"McCArthysm"
MCCARTHYISM
started with the end of WWII and start of Cold WAr
"red Scare"
anticommunists McCarthy era
his involvement started February 9, 1950
McCarthyism is known for ridiculous trials
investigated government depatments
passports taken away, jaild of refused to give names
destroyeded careers
Writer, entertainers, artists
total, 320 artists blacklisted
literature was taken out of libraries that he thought supported communism
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
few people known to take a stand against McCarthyism
Mort Sahl; comedian
Edward R. Murrow; radio broadcaster
ARMY MCCARTHEY HEARINGS
Fall of 1953
widely televised
investigations army signal corps
Ammounced search for alleged espionage ring
Genreal RAlph W. Zwicker
See in now, McCarthy and aide Roy Cohn demanded special treatment for G. David Schine... being held hostage to not exert pressure to expose communistts in the rank
MCCARTHY FALLS FROM FAME
popularity had been plummeting throughout the Army-McCarthy Hearings
McCarthy attacked a young legal aide of Joseph Nye Welch
Hearings grew to an inconclusive finish
lost the chairmanship of the Government Committee on Operations of the Senate
THE DEATH OF SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY
he suffered from serosic of the liver
fought cmmunists until his death
alcoholism
May 2, 1957
democratic replacement; William Proxmire
BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT
The cold war heas up; Blockade June 24, 1948- May 12, 1949
First Major international crises of teh cold war
Yalts Conference was a big part becasue it Germany was split into 4 parts at the end or WWII- US, USSR, UK, and Fance
Ih the USSR's land was Berlin. the capital of Germany
That was also split into 4 pats, and the USSR didn;'t like taht and wanted to control all of it
So he blockaded it
Salin-USSR; weak germany; saw as a threat; cant be tollerated; nothing but problems
Truman-usa..Attlee-UK; Germany's recovery; trade with europe was important; without a strong Germna, other european countries will suffer.
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