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2 days ago · 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]
2 days ago · Roy Cohn was a lawyer and a controversial public figure who rose to prominence through his alliance with U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy and his tenacious legal representation of high-profile clients, including businessman and future U.S. president Donald Trump, shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, and organized-crime leaders, such as Anthony (‘Fat ...
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4 days ago · Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin stood out among those who held that the Roosevelt and Truman administrations amounted to “20 years of treason.” In February 1950 McCarthy claimed that he had a list (whose number varied) of State Department employees who were loyal only to the Soviet Union.
3 days ago · Group of people in the film industry who were jailed for refusing to answer congressional questions regarding Communist influence in Hollywood. An American journalist who criticized McCarthyism and helped bring about the eventual censure of Joseph McCarthy by the U.S. government.
3 days ago · Joseph McCarthy burst into national prominence by charging that there were known communists in the...
5 days ago · Cohn ruthlessly took charge of McCarthy's Senate work (McCarthy himself did little work besides orating as he struggled with a desperate alcohol addiction), earning great power in the process.
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5 days ago · The U.S. senator from Skowhegan, perhaps best known for standing up to Joseph McCarthy in 1950, was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at a major party convention.
