1. Senator Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism
Demi Rose Viacrusis
Jenalyn Reyes Fabro
Carlos Roa

2. Senator Joseph McCarthy
November 14, 1908
5th oldest out of nine
Marquette University in 1928
1946
May 2, 1957
World War II
Born in Appleston, Wisconsin.
Died in Bethesda, MaryLand
He received his law diploma in Marquetta
Ran as a republilcan candidate
In 1946, he won the senator election
In world war 2, he joined the marines

3. McCarthyism Republican Party 1917-1920 First Red Scare 1930
Europe, WWII
Communist Party
McCarthyism started before the Bolshevik Revolution started
In , Bolshevik Revolution in Russia represented the emergence of communism political movement
After the war, a wave of leftist bombing labor discontent and a distrust of immigrants resulted in first red scare
During the 1930s, the communist party of the US gained influence as the image of communism improved.
During ww2, with the us and the soviet union, temporary allies, anti communist rhetoric ceased
Much of central of eastern Europe has been freed from Nazism only to become satellite nation of the soviet union.
Disillusionment of the post war failure to free the people of Europe gave rise to the bitter wins of the cold war

4. What did he do as a senator?
Robert La Follette
Pearl Harbor
John L. Lewis
First Term
1950
Edmund Walsh
Joseph McCarthy ran against Robert La Follette for senate. McCarthy won by 5,000 votes, and La Follette was deeply hurt by losing the election and retired from politics and later committed suicide.
During the bombing of pearl harbor, McCarthy was too old to join the armed forces
McCarthy called a conference to fix the coal strike, so he called John L. Lewis and mine strikers to be drafted to the army. If men refused to mine he suggested they should be court-martialed for insubordination and shot.
Joseph’s first term was unimpressive, people claimed that he lied about his war record
He was being investigated for tax offences and also for taking bribes from the Pepsi-Cola Company
In 1950, he held a meeting with close advisors for advice on how to keep his seat for the next election
Edmund Walsh told him to begin a campaign against communist subversives working in the Democratic administrations

5. McCarthy’s Downfall President Eisenhower June 1953 Final Days
December 2
His career was never great, Republicans withdrew their support for him because he was hurting the presidential administration.
President Eisenhower didn’t want to publicly reprimand McCarthy.
J.B Matthews was appointed to be McCarthy’s research director in June 1953.
Matthews published an article called “Reds in our Churches” he referred to the Protestant Clergy as “the largest single group supporting the Communist apparatus in the U.S.” which caused a public outrage.
His final days resulted in him being driven to depression from being censured on December 2, he drank a lot and died on May 2.

6. McCarthyism Problems Communist sympathizers Trials Being blacklisted
Press
1954
The hunt for infiltrators was difficult for writers and entertainers since they were labeled communist sympathizers and weren’t able to continue working.
Some had to give up their passports and some had to go to jail for not giving the names of other communists.
Trials were publicized, and it often destroyed careers with a single unsubstantiated accusation.
320 artists were blacklisted, this meant the end of their promising careers.
The press were willing to stand against McCarthy and the anti communist machine.
In 1954, all of this died down and actors and writers got their jobs back.

7. Work Cited Pages Coldwar.org Authentichistory.com
Teacher.scholastic.com
Spartacus.scholastic.co.uk
Pbs.org