Senator Joseph R. McCarthy Is Condemned. Unknown. 1954. The Cold War
Critical Thinking Questions:
 
 
  1. Although public officials, private leaders, and the press encouraged and promoted an anti-radical movement around 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy took center stage from 1950 until 1954. Why do you think Senator McCarthy emerged as the front man in the campaign to reveal "card-carrying Communists?"




  2. What kinds of charges were leveled against those who were named Communist sympathizers during these years?




  3. This video clip shows the condemnation hearing of Senator McCarthy. In your own words, why do you think McCarthy was ultimately brought down?




  4. What lessons do you think Americans learned from McCarthy's rampage against accused Communist employees in the State Department and other branches of the government?




  5. Dwight Eisenhower, then President, despised Senator McCarthy. Why do you think Eisenhower looked the other way during the early years of this "Red Scare?"
 
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