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McCarthyism is the use of intimidation and unfounded accusations in the name of fighting communism, named after Republican Senator Joseph R. Mccarthy. It was thusly named because he personified its practice To understand the anti-communism attitudes, you first have to understand that during this time, Communists in the eastern europe and aisa were first showing the brutaility that communism could be. The soviets had just signed a pact with Adolf Hitler, and Americans alied with the Soviet Replublic, really didnt really want to be associated with him becuse it was also during this time that he was starting to kill the jews. Americans started to realize all the bad things about communism and they got really scared, sort of like how some uneducated americans today want to kill any musliem they see, despite the fact that they might not be a terrorest. They just didn't know. The number american communists quickly dropped as people started being fired from their jobs as blacklists sprung up. IF you were found to be a supported of communism, your name was put on a black list and most people would not hire you. Senator Mccarthy, of Wisconson, went wild agaisnt suspected communists, accusing men of the government of being a commie supported, with out /ANY/ evidience at all. Some circumstances lead to many american s (once agian, probably the undeducated) TO Belive him and rally with him. When he interogated some one he suspected of being a communist, he used contoversial tactics that cought his subjects off guard. He also made claims, albiet not directly, that speaking of communism was a dangerous and un-american thing to do. He wanted to keep people from talking about it at all, legally, Thereby cutting away some power of the free speech of america. Mccarthy accused many men on the senate who were aware of his wide spread support, but they were anxious not to oppose him for fear of revolt. The pompos & powerful senator also accused the 1953 presidential canidate, Dwight D Eisenhower & his whole administration. He was critisized for not taking a stand against Mcarthy's campaigns but privately he had comtempt for the senator's attacks on his wartime colleague & friend, General George Marshall. His reasoning about not opposing him was "I just won't get down in the gutter with that man", yet later It was discovered that he worked hard behing the scenes to bring Mccarthy down!