2007-10-12 08:31:25 · 12 answers · asked by rachel 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Senator McCarthy was a big component of the red scare. He was a 'red hunter' accusing a lot of people of being a communist. Most famously are the Rosenbergs who were tried, convicted, and electrocuted.
2007-10-12 08:34:51 · answer #1 · answered by ihrtshchr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
McCarthyism was a witch hunt outing Communist sympathisers at the height of the cold war, In fight to protect American from Un American activates he became it's biggest threat to that way of life.
2007-10-12 09:37:34 · answer #2 · answered by Benthebus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
McCarthy was a senator who went kind of crazy and started accusing everyone around him of being a communist. He also indicted a few politicians on this charge. Some of the bills he introduced into congress caused a few immigrants and people of the general public to be investigated by the original version of the FBI and the CIA. I agree with your other answers. Go to wikipedia and do your own homework.
Good luck
2007-10-12 08:37:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a British boy I remember that McCarthy was an anti Communist senator/congressman I cannot remember which. In his enthusiasm to root out communism he set up a committee to determine whether certain people were communist or communist sympathisers, in other words guilty of un-American activities. He zealousness caused many loyal and patriotic Americans and non-Americans living in USA to lose their reputation and livelihoods and was a stain on American justice and public life for about two years before he was discredited. Many of his victims suffered their loss of reputation for many years afterwards. It was a bit like the Spanish Inquisition without the torture chamber.
2007-10-12 08:41:06 · answer #4 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
McCarthy = a compassionate version of George W Bush.
2007-10-12 08:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by dryheatdave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He saw a Communist behind every bush and made America paranoid for the next 40 years.
Now do your own homework...
2007-10-12 08:35:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-22 04:20:49 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many Chinese scientists lost their jobs, went back to the Mainland, and helped create China's nuclear bomb. End of lesson.
2007-10-12 08:36:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were people who tried to "catch" people who they believed were communists living in the States.
It was a black time during our history because a lot of innocent people lost their jobs and the standing in their community.
Now go read about it.
2007-10-12 08:36:08 · answer #9 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is a trick question America is not being run by lion :P
2007-10-12 08:36:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋