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The "Witch Hunts" were methods employed by Conservative Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy during the cold war. He basically said he had a list of Communist sympathizers that were able to infiltrate the government, these claims were however, unfounded, which eventually lead to his censure and political decline as fellow Conservatives and Republicans saw him as a liability.
The term McCarthyism means to accuse someone of disloyalty, treason, and/or subversion without evidence. People who questioned McCarthyists were branded as communists, traitors, etc.
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Who was the enemy in the mccarthyism witch hunt?
The fear of communism influencing Americans.
Who was the senator from Wisconsin during the cold war?
Joseph McCarthy was a US Senator from Wisconsin during the Cold War. Senator McCarthy led a witch hunt against supposed communists in the US government.
Was it Walter Hunt that invented the safety pin?
Yes, Walter Hunt invented the safety pin in the 1800s.
Who invented the cotter pin?
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What was the harsh law created by Ngo Dinh Diem which established a witch hunt for Communist supporters in South Vietnam which he called Viet Cong?
The law created by Diem against suspected communist was called Law 10/59. "Diem passed a repressive series of acts known as Law 10/59 that made it legal to hold someone in jail if s/he was a suspected Communist without bringing formal charges." (pbs, 2012).
