Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy rose to fame accusing this federal executive department of Communist infiltration and claiming he had a list of known members of the Communist Party who worked there.
The U.S. State Department
This Republican Senator alleged Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the U.S. federal government, American universities, and more.
Who is Sen. Joseph McCarthy?
This F.B.I. Director used his agency’s resources to hunt down alleged Communists and Soviet sympathizers to prevent them from having positions of influence in American society.
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
Joseph McCarthy represented this state in the U.S. Senate from 1947 to his death in 1957
What is Wisconsin
This former President of the United States vetoed major Red Scare legislation such as the McCarran International Security Act and the Taft-Hartley Act.
Who is President Harry S. Truman?
This Congressional committee that Richard Nixon served on was created in 1938 to investigate disloyal and subversive activities by Americans suspected of having Communist ties.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee?
Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s investigation into this branch of the U.S. Armed Forces turned public opinion against him and led to the U.S. Senate to censure him.
What is U.S. Army?
This Republican Congressman from Massachusetts used anti-communism to rail against Democrats by campaigning on, “Cleaning out the Communists.”
Who is conngressman Joe Martin?
This 1958 Supreme Court decisions stopped the State Department from refusing or revoking passports based on an applicant’s communist beliefs or associations.
What is Kent v. Dulles?
Sen. Joseph McCarthy served as the Chairman of this U.S. Senate committee from 1953 to 1955.
What is the U.S. Senate Government Operations Committee?
This Democratic Senator from Nevada served as Chairman of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee and sponsored the Internal Security Act of 1950.
Who is Sen. Pat McCarran?
This 1957 Supreme Court decision diminished the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) from punishing uncooperative witnesses by finding them in contempt of Congress.
What is Watkins v. United States?
In 1939, Joseph McCarthy won his first political election and became the youngest person in his state’s history to serve in this position.
What is Wisconsin Circuit Court judge
This newscaster at CBS hosted the weekly television news program See It Now and did a famous 1954 expose of Joseph McCarthy’s scare tactics.
Who is Edward R. Murrow?
In 1956, this Supreme Court ruling prohibited a Brooklyn College professor from being fired for invoking the Fifth Amendment when being questioned by Joe McCarthy’s committee.
What is Slochower v. Board of Education?