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His accusations against war heroes His televised interrogation of the army that led to censure.

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Q: What led to Joseph McCarthy's censure?
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Who were Joseph McCarthys victims?

spies for the Soviet Union spies for the Soviet Union


What event lead to the senate hearings on Joseph McCarthys accusations?

mccarthy claimed that the us army was full of communists


What was the US Congress's final response to Joseph McCarthys actions and how long after their response did he die?

Congress's response was to censure him after his long tirade of baseless Communist accusations in the Army, Government, and what not. His accusations began in 1950 and after three long years of hunting Communists without facts the Army, with the Presidents blessing, put McCarthy on trial for trying to get a former aide of his better treatment in the Army. This trial/ hearing were televised for the 36 days it went on and 20 million people watched. The people who watched realized McCarthy was just a bully and his popularity began to plummet. With his popularity gone Congress finally felt confident enough to try and censure him in 1954. The censure hearing held to see if he should be censured on 46 different accounts. After about two months the hearing ended and he was censured on only 2 accounts. This took away most of his power. No one listened to his speeches and television stayed away from him. After three years as a powerless senator he died of inflammation of the liver on May 2, 1957. He was 48.


What ultimately happened to Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigation on communists in the US?

Senator Joseph McCarthy investigation of communists in the US government and in the entertainment business ultimately came to an end when the US Congress censured him. His investigative tactics were judged to be extreme and President Eisenhower agreed with the censure.


What gave Senator Joseph McCarthy's charges their popular appeal?

People in the 1950s were genuinely afraid that the Communists could take over the United States and that fear led to people accepting Joseph McCarthy's witch-hunt for "Communists" in the US government and popular culture as a method of protecting the US and its values.