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What caused tensions between the US and Cuba in the 1950s?
Fidel Castro's communist revolution. The US was very leery about having a communist country just a few miles from their shores.
What caused the hysteria of McCarthyism?
McCarthy's supporters believed that he was motivated by concern for his country and wanted to protect it from subversive and Communist elements. Opponents believe that McCarthy was motivated by his own ego or other negative motives.
How many dollars is 1 buck?
A buck is slang for a US dollar. Having ten bucks, is the same as having ten dollars.
Where did having indentured servants begin?
england
The colonial trend of having local governments that were increasingly independent from British control was most likely caused by?
the practical necessity of having to care for their daily needs.
Name one person who was accused of having communist sympathies or was called before the committee?
The playwrite Arthur Miller was one prime example of the American arts community who had to testify before McCarthy's Comittee.
How did Joseph McCarthy impact the cold war?
•Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, up for reelection raised the specter of Communist conspiracies within the United States. •McCarthy produced a list of 250 names of presumed Communist-supporting government employees. Later, when scrutinized, this list was reduced to 57. •Although McCarthy's accusations were usually baseless and unprovable, few were willing to risk their reputations by speaking out against him.
Which campaign tactic did Richard Nixon rely on the most when running for Congress?
Accusing rivals of having communist sympathies
How was Hollywood affected directly by the Communist fears during the 1950s?
The studios created a black list of members they suspected of having communist sympathies. The people on the list could not get jobs writing, directing or acting in Hollywood. This lasted a long time. Ronald Regain supported this discriminatory activity.
Who did Brutus accuse of having an itching palm?
Caius Cassius.
What were the consequences for Joseph McCarthy's actions?
Senator Joseph McCarthy (a Republican from ) is best known for his role in the "Red Scare" of the 1950s, so much so that a new term for a "witch hunt" of suspected enemies with little or no proof emerged: "McCarthyism".Following World War 2, it quickly became clear that wartime ally the Soviet Union would become a rival for global power with the United States. This, combined with the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, led to an epidemic of paranoia over the "Red Menace", which McCarthy capitalized on by accusing members of the US State Department of being communist sympathizers. He was fond of claiming he had "a list of names" of known communists in the government. McCarthy even went so far as to accuse high-ranking members of the military of communist leanings; it was his attacks on the military that seem to have finally turned people against McCarthy, as even President Eisenhower (also a Republican), finally denounced the wayward Senator, after having remained silent on the issue of McCarthyism.
What was McCarthyism's witch hunt?
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.
When did the US accuse Saddam Hussein of having illegal weapons?
1999
When did McCarthysim occur?
In 1950, Joseph McCarthy told a Republican audience at Wheeling, West Virginia, that he had a list of 205 known Communists who were working in the State Department. He also said that the Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, knew about the Communist influence in his department. McCarthy had no such list and the next day he could not even remember if he said 205 or 57. During the McCarthy witch hunt, he never released a single name and never fingered a single Communist in the government. McCarthy reached his peak of influence in 1952. Even the Republican candidate for President, Eisenhower, refused to publically denounce McCarthy, even though he detested the man. McCarthy's influence came to an end in 1954, when he took on the U.S. Army, accusing them of having known Communists in leadership. The Senate finally censured him in December, 1954 by a vote of 72 to 22.
Copperheads were northern democrats suspected of having confederate sympathies true or false?
true. copperheads went against President Lincoln for having symphathies for confederate states.
What restrictions on freedom of speech did McCarthy lead to?
Having sexual relations
Who is Milo Radulovich?
He was an American-born member of the United States Air Force who got caught in the brutual machinery of McCarthyism in the 1950's. His father was from Serbia, and subscribed to several Serbian newspapers to "keep up" on what was going on in his home country. One of those newspapers was determined to have a "communist leaning". Because Radulovich (understandably) kept close ties with his family, he was dismissed from the Air Force for "consorting with those suspected of having Communist sympathies". The event was covered on television, including Radulovich's lawyer, who called the case the "worst travesty of justice I have seen in 32 years of practice". Radulovich was reinstated a month later. It was the beginning of the end for Sen. Joe McCarthy.
