McCarthyism vs. The Crucible

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American History

 

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Craig S

 

Date added:

January 26, 2016

 

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University

 

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A

 

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2 / 416

 

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During this time, there were many hearings in which people suspected of being related in some way to communism were interviewed and forced to give up names of others. If they refused to give up names of others, they were put in prison. On February 9th, 1950, Joseph McCarthy, a senator from Wisconsin, made a speech claiming to have a list of people in the State Department that were thought to be members of the American Communist Party...
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However, the list of names was not secret. In fact, it had been published by the Secretary of State in 1946. McCarthy was also receiving information from his friend, J. Edgar Hoover, who was in the FBI. With the war going horribly in Korea, the American public was frightened about the possibility of communism in the United States...
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