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Historian Ellen Schrecker states, "in this country, McCarthyism did more damage to the constitution than the American Communist Party ever did." [ 171 ] Historian John Earl Haynes , while acknowledging that inexcusable excesses occurred during McCarthyism, argues that some contemporary historians of McCarthyism underplay the un-democratic ...
By the end of 1953, McCarthy had altered the "twenty years of treason" catchphrase he had coined for the preceding Democratic administrations and began referring to "twenty-one years of treason" to include Eisenhower's first year in office. [114]
McCarthyism coincided with an increased and widespread fear of communist espionage that was consequent of the increasing tension in the Cold War through the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe, the Berlin Blockade (1948–49), the end of the Chinese Civil War, the confessions of spying for the Soviet Union that were made by several high-ranking ...
McCarthyism was a period of intense anti-Communist suspicion in the United States that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. Although associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy , it was a broad cultural and political phenomenon that also encompassed industry blacklists, the activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee ...
Dec. 6—Rep. Kevin McCarthy has decided not to run for reelection following his unprecedented ouster as House Speaker, ending the Bakersfield Republican's run as a senior GOP figure who raised ...
McCarthy announced in the Wall Street Journal he will step down from his seat in Congress at the end of the year. ... a ballot after serving 17 years. McCarthy has won all nine elections by wide ...
He had assumed the role of Republican foil to Nancy Pelosi years ago, and was hoping to begin his term this year at the helm of a reinvigorated Republican majority propelled into office by a ...
At end of the march, Professor Currin V. Shields gave a speech in defense of the First Amendment. Many students continued to wear the movement’s pins and feathers after the initial events. [ 15 ] The Green Feather movement even spread to Nottinghamshire, England, the traditional home of Robin Hood, and the residents there mocked the ...