McCarthyism
- fear of communism high un US
-Led by Senetor Joseph McCarthy
- Period of Paranoia
- Becomes a witchhunt
-Suggestion of guilt was enough to ruin most people
-Led by Senetor Joseph McCarthy
- Period of Paranoia
- Becomes a witchhunt
-Suggestion of guilt was enough to ruin most people
The fear of communism was very high in the US. This was led by Senator John McCarthy and was known as a period of paranoia. The suggestion of guilt to a person would ruin there lives.
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices” -Edward R. Murrow
Were the US a bit over paranoid by the whole communism era?