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Dec 2, 1999 · Joseph McCarthy explains how this farm boy from Wisconsin sprang up from a newly confident postwar America, and how he embodied the hopes and anxieties of a generation caught in the toils of the Cold War. It shows how McCarthy used the explosive issue of Communist spying in the thirties and forties to challenge the Washington political establishment and catapult himself into the headlines.
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McCarthyism / The "Red Scare". Senator Joseph R. McCarthy was a little-known junior senator from Wisconsin until February 1950 when he claimed to possess a list of 205 card-carrying Communists employed in the U.S. Department of State. From that moment Senator McCarthy became a tireless crusader against Communism in the early 1950s, a period ...
Jun 15, 2020 · 739080 Joseph McCarthy's speech at Wheeling, West Virginia Joseph R. McCarthy Ladies and gentlemen, tonight as we celebrate the one hundred forty-first birthday of one of the greatest men in American history, I would like to be able to talk about what a glorious day today is in the history of the world.
Historian Yohuru Williams talks about Senator Joseph McCarthy and his role in stoking fears of communism and its sympathizers during the 1950s.Subscribe for ...
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Sep 13, 2018 · September 13, 2018. Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman ever to serve in both the House of Representatives and the Senate—and the first senator to stand up against Joseph McCarthy's Red ...
Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy ( 14. marraskuuta 1908 Grand Chute, Wisconsin, Yhdysvallat – 2. toukokuuta 1957 Bethesda, Maryland, Yhdysvallat) oli Yhdysvaltojen senaattori ja kansainvälisestikin tunnettu kommunismia vastustanut poliitikko. Hän oli 1950-luvulla Yhdysvaltain kommunistivainojen keulakuva, ja tuolloista kommunismin vastaista ...
Joseph Raymond McCarthy ( 14. listopadu 1908 – 2. května 1957) byl americký republikánský politik, senátor za stát Wisconsin od roku 1947 až do své smrti. Během počínající studené války se v americké politice stal hlavním reprezentantem antikomunismu.
