McCarthyism
Notes:
- 1950’s fear of Communism is high in the USA
- Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
- Period of paranoia (1950-54)
- Becomes a witchhunt
- Suggestion of guilt was enough to ruin most people
SUMMARY :
McCarthyism was the assertions of people to be communist without any evidence for such an accusation. Being accused of being communist ruined many peoples life's. It was to the extent that people would accuse you if you were wearing a red shirt because red was the colour of communism.
Quotes:
"The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting."
-Richard Nixon
-Richard Nixon
Subjunctive questions:
If communism was not to the extreme how would have the war been different? Would there have even been a war?