The Red Scare

Question 1

McCarthyism

Answer 1

• senator joseph mccarthy
• televised program to look for communists in the US government
• claimed that he had proof and knew who the communists in the government were
• mccarthy had no proof (low-blow joe)
• was popular at first (20 million viewers), but his attack on the us army led to his eventual downfall

Question 2

eisenhower

Answer 2

• former general in wwii
• as president, turns on mccarthy - calls what he is doing bad
• american people agree with eisenhower and turn on mccarthy

Question 3

mccarthy downfall

Answer 3

• mccarthy’s show is taken off the air
• congressmen would not deal with him
• his own political party abandons him
• mccarthy dies shortly thereafter of alcoholism

Question 4

remember this…

Answer 4

• fear always drives a witch hunt. from salem to the hollywood ten, fear will always turn the masses into “hunters”

Question 5

joe mccarthy

Answer 5

died shortly after