An attack on who led to Joseph McCarthy's downfall?

Question

An attack on who led to Joseph McCarthy's downfall?

A. members of the Army
B. hollywood writers
C. other senators
D. communists

Answer 1

A is correct

"Army Investigation
McCarthy began his investigation of the Army Signal Corps Laboratory at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey in 1953. The laboratory had employed many Jewish engineers from New York. Many of the civilian employees there were members of the left-leaning Populist Front. In fact, Julius Rosenberg once worked there. Many of the workers have been inspected and cleared by the government. The army was already reexamining the entire workforce in 1953.Nevertheless, McCarthy insisted on opening up an investigation into the matter. McCarthy eventually gave up the investigation after months of quarreling with the army.

The Irving Peress Case

After giving up his investigation on the Army Signal Corps, McCarthy's committee began to concentrate on Irving Peress, an Army dentist. Peress had invoked the Fifth Amendment when filling out the army's questionnaire. Even though he was put under military surveillance, Peress was still promoted to Major. The army eventually found the paperwork that called for his dismissal and Peress was quickly discharged.

McCarthy then launched a campaign to criticize the army for allowing Peress to be promoted. When interrogating General Ralph Zwicker, the senator demanded that the general should reveal some names. Zwicker refused because he could not violate executive order. In response, McCarthy rudely insulted the general by comparing his intelligence to that of a "five year old child." McCarthy's treatment of the general generated a lot of hostility from the press and the American public.

In retaliation for McCarthy's investigation, the Army accused McCarthy's aide Roy Cohn of trying to force the Army into giving special treatment to his friend G. David Schine.

The Televised Hearings
The Senate then started hearings into the Peress matter. The investigations and hearings between the Army and McCarthy was televised live to the public. For two months, Americans watched on as McCarthy bully witnesses and called "point of order" to make crude remarks.

The climax came on June 9. Representing the Army was Joseph Welch. As the Welch was questioning Cohn, McCarthy intervened and said,

I think we should tell him that he has in his law firm a young man named Fisher, whom he recommended, incidentally, to do work on this committee, who has been for a number of years a member of an organization which was named, oh year and years ago, as the legal bulwark of the Communist party.

Here, McCarthy was referring to Fred Fisher, a young associate in Welch's law firm. Fisher had refused to come to the hearings because he was once affiliated with the National Lawyers Guild. In response, Welch said he did not let Fisher come to the hearing because he did not want to hurt "the lad" on national television. Welch then urged McCarthy to drop the issue. Nevertheless, McCarthy persisted in questioning Fisher's background. At this point Welch exclaimed,

Welch: You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?

At this point, the entire American public viewed McCarthy with disdain. On television, the senator from Wisconsin came off as cruel, manipulative and reckless.
he Final Days
The hearings were not the only components that eroded McCarthy's credibility. Earlier in the year, the journalist Edward R. Murrow had aired a documentary that showed how McCarthy's charges were groundless and how he had used bullying techniques to harass individuals. By June, the senator's Gallup Poll ratings fell from 50% to 34%.

On December 2, the Senate voted to censure Joe McCarthy by a margin of sixty-seven to twenty-two.

Driven by depression from being censured, Joe McCarthy resorted to alcohol, which greatly worsen his health. On May 2, 1957, Joe McCarthy died from acute hepatitis and was buried in Appleton, Michigan."

Answer 2

McCarthy's downfall is often connected to the idea that the hearings over MNcCarthy's allegations about the infiltration of the Us Army Signal Corps were televised - the first time such events had been shown in full (188 hours over several weeks.) This in turn led to a censure vote in the Senate
From John Gaddis's recent book Cold War there is the equal implication that Eisenhower was also moving to reduce McCarthy's influence

Answer 3

He replaced into the GLEN BECK of his day.. merely no longer fairly as psychotic and paranoid.as Beck.. . however the McCarthy witch trials observed communists everywhere.. enormously in coach corporation.. whilst he started choosing out different Senators he wen too far and that they have got been given rid of him

Answer 4

McCarthy attacked communists. He was afraid that communists were trying to destroy democracy in America, so he accused all his political rivals of being communists. This ruined a lot of people's reputations. Also, no one wanted to vote for a communist, so he won every political office he ran for. However, many people figured out what was up, and he was impeached. Trying to defend himself in front of Congress, he ended up destroying himself and his career.

Answer 5

A, members of the Army

Answer 6

A
He first tageted the US state deptartment and then when he cliamed there were communists in the US military, he was overwhelmed with scrutiny and distrust. He just took these stances to gain re-election and keep standing.

Answer 7

Read the link. You should look answers up and not ask people to help you cheat.

Answer 8

edward r murrow exposing him as a fifties version of nancy pelosi.

Answer 9

A