In The Early 1950s, United States Senator Joseph McCarthy Became The Center Of C

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Term Paper Title	In The Early 1950s, United States Senator Joseph McCarthy Became The Center Of C
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In the early 1950s, United States Senator Joseph McCarthy became the center of controversy regarding his accusations that he believed that Communists were infiltrating America and in particular, the government.  During the McCarthy era, many people were accused, manipulated, and suffered great losses in careers and politics.  Joseph McCarthy was a powerful man and used similar tactics to Adolf Hitler.  Both leaders were excellent in the art of playing on people’s biggest fears.  In the 1950s people ran scared, but the evil accusations were all in the minds of the leaders and the people.  McCarthy portrayed Communism as the root of all evil and people allowed his baseless accusations to form their opinions.  His excuse for America’s problems was that there was supposedly a secret presence of Communism in the government.  McCarthy didn’t create the Communist problem, but was an expert at exploiting it. He was a master at playing the press and was in the headlines frequently.  No one was safe from McCarthy or his accusations; the unjustly accused were subject to being and in fact were in some instances either fired, blacklisted, discredited and even incarcerated.  The forum he used was the so-called “Army-McCarthy Hearings,” in which he attacked and ruined official after official in the U.S. government.  The ironic part was that he never produced a shred of credible evidence to support his position.
      The initial public response to McCarthy’s baseless information was overwhelmingly supportive.  Some praised him as a patriot and congratulated his attacks on Communist influence in the government.  The supporters believed that McCarthy was fighting a lonely battle, challenging traitors and subversives and trying to make the country safe for democracy.  In 1954 negative reactions towards McCarthy began to surface during the Army-McCarthy hearings.  Eventually people began to see that McCarthy’s public accusations were groundless.
     Placed in proper historical perspective, it becomes understandable why people believed Senator McCarthy.  The support he received was mainly due to the time period during which he exploited people’s fears.  It was the height of the Cold War and Americans were uneasy and filled with anxieties.  People began to increasingly fear that Communism would take root in the United States.  They wanted answers to explain their dilemma and for many, the Communist “conspiracy” in Washington seemed to be the most reasonable explanation.  However, t...

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