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Where did Senator McCarthy first announced the State Department was infested with communists?
In February, 1950 a little-known senator from Wisconsin made a speech in WHEELING, WEST Virginia. The senator, Joseph R. McCarthy, charged that the State Department was infested with communist agents.
Why is Joseph McCarthy in the history books?
Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin was known for being VERY anti-communist. Attacks (and I don't mean physical) on suspected communist were even refered to as McCarthyism.
What describes the method that Joseph R. McCarthy used which came to be known as mccarthyism?
Extreme, reckless charges that caused people to lose their jobs and destroyed their reputations.
What historical event is Joseph McCarthy known for?
He instigated a lot of accusations against people on the ground of them being communists despite there rarely ever being any solid evidence behind any of his claims. He was a senator from Wisconson. He was only stopped once he started turning his conspiracies on communism to point at the army.
What did Joseph McCarthy do during the cold war?
US citizens had to be carefull how they exercised their freedom of speech during the McCarthy era. Rumors and gossip concerning communism could get those individuals investigated as being communists. NONSENSE! McCarthy Vindicated At Last 12/18/2007 http://bit.ly/b2fmz8 "...These intercepted cables proved that there were over 350 Americans spying for the Soviets, and enabled investigators to identify about half of them. Joe McCarthy had access to the information contained in the top secret Venona intercepts, access given him by J. Edgar Hoover and others concerned with the extent of Soviet espionage and penetration, but he could not defend himself against charges of recklessly accusing people of being Soviet agents by revealing the source of his information without alerting the Soviets that some of their most important secrets were known to U.S. Intelligence..."
