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McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s. [1]
It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism." The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 and characterized by heightened fears of communist ...
The second Red Scare occurred after World War II (1939–1945), and is known as "McCarthyism" after its best-known advocate, ... (also known as the Smith Act, ...
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, and more.
In McCarthy’s time as GOP leader and later speaker, he raked in $637 million for his two affiliated outside groups, the Congressional Leadership Fund and the American Action Network.
An Israeli billionaire resigned from the board of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government after a student group’s letter “held the Israeli regime” accountable for the recent terrorist attacks.
In the speech McCarthy also implied that Marshall was guilty of treason; [98] declared that "if Marshall were merely stupid, the laws of probability would dictate that part of his decisions would serve this country's interest"; [98] and most famously, accused him of being part of "a conspiracy so immense and an infamy so black as to dwarf any ...
He said McCarthy also refused to not oppose competitive conservative candidates in open Republican primaries. “Kevin McCarthy had an opportunity to be Speaker of the House. He rejected it,” he ...