Mccarthyism: The Rise Of Mccarthyism
What is McCarthyism? McCarthyism is the practice of making false accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communists activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence. (http://. dictionary.reference.com/.browse/mccarthyism) McCarthyism was originated when a young Marquette law student was elected to the Senate. Want to see how an evil man made history? Follow this map through his early years, the Red Scare, and the Black List.
Joseph McCarthy was born in 1908. He was the fifth put of seven children. When Joseph was young he was not very popular. He was normally very shy and awkward when it came to talking to people. After grade school, he became a chicken farmer. When his career of being, …show more content…
This was the second Red Scare to occur. (1919-1921) “Communists were often referred to as “Reds” for their allegiance to the confederate flag” (history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare) “It originated with president Truman’s executive order 9835 of March 21st, 1947, which required that all federal civil service employees be screened for “loyalty”. The order specified that one criterion to be used in determining that “reasonable grounds exist for relief that the person involved was disloyal” would be a finding of “membership in, affiliation with or sympathetic association” with any organization determined by the attorney general to be “ totalitarian fascist communists or subversion” or advocating or approving the force full denial of constitutional rights to other persons or seeking “to alter to form of government of the United States by unconstitutional means” ” - Robert J. Goldstein. The reason the Red Scare began was because the U.S government believed that some federal employees were disloyal and had been spies for the Soviet Union. People were so scared because the U.S was in the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and the …show more content…
The HUAC gave people the chance to testify or to not. Many did not, but that to the HUAC was a sign of guilt. For those who did agree to testify, sometimes the lawyers or judges would push them to name people who were with them. They believed that communists in Hollywood were sneaking hidden messages into movies. Another problem they had posen was that they had the power to put bad images of the U.S in movies. Although there was no actual evidence, 40 people in the movie business had received subpoenas and they called witnesses and forced them to give testimony’s bout who the suspected to be communists. Hollywood people found it to be a violation to their civil rights and their civil liberties, which is “the freedom of a citizen to exercise customary rights.” (dictionary.com) 10 of the 40-people refused to give a testimony. Those people were; Alvah Bessie, a novelist, Herbert Biderman, a screenwriter, Lester Cole, a screenwriter, Edward Dmytryk, a film director, Ring Lardner, Jr., a journalist, John Howard Lawson, a writer, Albert Maltz, a writer, Sam Ornitz, a screenwriter, Robert Adrian Scott, a screenwriter, and Dalton Trumbo, a screenwriter. This is how they got their name as the “Hollywood Ten”. After they did not give their testimony they were sentenced to a
Joseph McCarthy was born in 1908. He was the fifth put of seven children. When Joseph was young he was not very popular. He was normally very shy and awkward when it came to talking to people. After grade school, he became a chicken farmer. When his career of being, …show more content…
This was the second Red Scare to occur. (1919-1921) “Communists were often referred to as “Reds” for their allegiance to the confederate flag” (history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare) “It originated with president Truman’s executive order 9835 of March 21st, 1947, which required that all federal civil service employees be screened for “loyalty”. The order specified that one criterion to be used in determining that “reasonable grounds exist for relief that the person involved was disloyal” would be a finding of “membership in, affiliation with or sympathetic association” with any organization determined by the attorney general to be “ totalitarian fascist communists or subversion” or advocating or approving the force full denial of constitutional rights to other persons or seeking “to alter to form of government of the United States by unconstitutional means” ” - Robert J. Goldstein. The reason the Red Scare began was because the U.S government believed that some federal employees were disloyal and had been spies for the Soviet Union. People were so scared because the U.S was in the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and the …show more content…
The HUAC gave people the chance to testify or to not. Many did not, but that to the HUAC was a sign of guilt. For those who did agree to testify, sometimes the lawyers or judges would push them to name people who were with them. They believed that communists in Hollywood were sneaking hidden messages into movies. Another problem they had posen was that they had the power to put bad images of the U.S in movies. Although there was no actual evidence, 40 people in the movie business had received subpoenas and they called witnesses and forced them to give testimony’s bout who the suspected to be communists. Hollywood people found it to be a violation to their civil rights and their civil liberties, which is “the freedom of a citizen to exercise customary rights.” (dictionary.com) 10 of the 40-people refused to give a testimony. Those people were; Alvah Bessie, a novelist, Herbert Biderman, a screenwriter, Lester Cole, a screenwriter, Edward Dmytryk, a film director, Ring Lardner, Jr., a journalist, John Howard Lawson, a writer, Albert Maltz, a writer, Sam Ornitz, a screenwriter, Robert Adrian Scott, a screenwriter, and Dalton Trumbo, a screenwriter. This is how they got their name as the “Hollywood Ten”. After they did not give their testimony they were sentenced to a