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Joseph McCarthys Commie CrusadeThe Second Red ScareMcCarthy Begins CrusadeArmy-McCarthy HearingsDownfall of McCarthyWorks CitedThe Second Red ScareAmericas fear of communism and the paranoid belief that it would upset capitalism/out governmentBegan after WWIICausesIron Curtain and Soviet expansionChina falls to communismNuclear arms raceEspionage

The first Soviet hydrogen bomb test scared many AmericansThe Second Red Scare cont.Left Americans vulnerableDemagoguery - impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace

McCarthy Begins CrusadeUnited States Senator (R Wisconsin)Presented list of 205 people in State Department to a Republican womens group in Wheeling, WVAccused of being in Communist PartyList was later reduced to 57 peopleCaused uproar and gained much publicityDid not reveal how names were gatheredSuspected to be from Lee List, gathered by the House Appropriations Committee.McCarthy called for an investigation into these alleged communists and communist sympathizers

Army-McCarthy Hearings

De-popularization of McCarthy and McCarthyismMcCarthys rude behavior from the Army-McCarthy Hearings lost him supportCensured by Senate in simple Resolution 301 (vote of 67 to 22)Lost respect of legislative peers for not providing evidence of claims that divided and scared the publicMcCarthys mental and physical health decreased after censureAlcoholism increasedDied May 2, 1957 from acute cirrhosis of the liver due to alcoholism

Army-McCarthy Hearings cont.McCarthys rude, uncivilized behavior became one of the focus points of the hearingsHave you no sense of decency, sir?~Joseph WelchThe hearings lasted from April 1954 to June 1954. They were televised in AprilClaims remained unjustified

Works Cited"Commie Pix." Tagg.org. Web. 23 Feb. 2010. ."Demagoguery, demagogy." Answers.com. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. ."Joseph McCarthy: Biography." Appleton Public Library. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. ."Joseph McCarthy Biography." Biography.com. Web. 23 Feb. 2010. ."McCarthyism." Absolute Astronomy. Web. 23 Feb. 2010. .Works Cited cont."McCarthy Hearings." United States History. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. .Senate Resolution 301, December 2, 1954; SEN 83A-B4, Records of the United States Senate; Record Group 46; National ArchivesZhumanonline. "Army McCarthy Hearings "Have you no decency"" YouTube. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. .