McCarthyism
“Are you now, or have been, a member of the Communist party?” Many people stood before the court and had been asked this question. Why? In the 1950s a Senator from Wisconsin named Joseph McCarthy had feared the idea of communist infiltrating the United States during the Red Scare, a period in which many feared the growing of the communist party. In order to keep the communist out of the United States, Senator McCarthy had started a process to find them. This process became known as McCarthyism which was the process of making accusations against people without proper evidence or making unfair accusations using unfair investigative techniques. Many people were accused for communism had feared what would happen to them, this process
“Are you now, or have been, a member of the Communist party?” Many people stood before the court and had been asked this question. Why? In the 1950s a Senator from Wisconsin named Joseph McCarthy had feared the idea of communist infiltrating the United States during the Red Scare, a period in which many feared the growing of the communist party. In order to keep the communist out of the United States, Senator McCarthy had started a process to find them. This process became known as McCarthyism which was the process of making accusations against people without proper evidence or making unfair accusations using unfair investigative techniques. Many people were accused for communism had feared what would happen to them, this process