The McCarthy Era group 3
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Updated: 13 Dec 2018
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Joseph McCarthy is bornHe graduates Marquette University Law school1939 elected in circuit judge in Appleton Wi1944 McCarthy runs unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate while serving in Marines.Joseph McCarthy became senatehe charged that 205 communists had infiltrated the U.S state government departmenthe started investigating govern departments and questioning which led to the red scareMcCarthy was reelected to become the chair of the senatespeechThe red scare was the fear of society that communism would riseIt was called the red scare because of the soviet flagThe Lavender scare was upongays and lesbians workers were seen as a "threat"A 36-day hearing was nationalized talking about he was overstepping his ideas and common senseThe McCarran Committee works with McCarthy to expose alleged Communists.McCarthy begins investigating Communists in the U.S. Army.New
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