McCarthyism

• Joseph McCarthy - rep Sen. From Wisconsin

• Who were his supporters ?

• Republicans,Catholics

• Conservative Prot.

• Blue collar workers

• Used groundless charges to whip up an anti-communist frenzy

• 1950 - Said he had a list of 205 communists in the State Dept. - no one ever saw this list

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