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The Red Scare How and why did McCarthy have so much power in the United States?

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PPT Answering question: How did Mcarthy rise to such a level of influence in the Red Scare?

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The Red Scare

How and why did McCarthy have so much power in the United States?

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Alger Hiss

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Evidence in a pumpkin???

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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How did McCarthy gain power in the U.S.?

1. Soviet Union had A-Bomb

2. China falls to communism

3. Spy trials/ infiltration of communists in Gov’t?

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