McCarthy and McCarthism

1 Who was Joshep McCarthy?
He was a republican senator born in Wisconsin.

2 What were his politics?
McCarthy had anti-communist politics.

3 What were the first accusations he made?
In 1950 he showed a piece of paper during a speech, that paper was a list of 205 supposed active communists.

4 Why do you think the American public believed him?
Because during the cold war, the suspicion and paranoia, mixed with the fear to communist infiltration in the society grew, and with the idea McCarthy had, americans wanted communists out of power.

5 What other people did he go on acuse? What were the foundations of his accusations?
Joseph accused government employees, trade union activists and people in the entertainment industry aswell as members of the army.

6 How and why did the raction of the American public change?
When McCarthy accused officers of the US army and the public was able to see his interrogation methods his support became to decrease quickly. The americans realized the McCarthy was abusing his power and was accusing mainly with no sense even though some of the accusations were true