1. Why was there a fear of communism and communist subversion after World War II? 2. Were these fears justified? Why or why not? 3. Who did McCarthy accuse of having communist sympathies? 4. How were they investigated and what happened to them? 5. What restrictions on freedom of speech did McCarthyism lead to? 6. How did McCarthyism end? 7. How is McCarthyism viewed today, and why?

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Rebecca Higgins

12 January, 16:00

1. Why was there a fear of communism and communist subversion after World War II? 2. Were these fears justified? Why or why not? 3. Who did McCarthy accuse of having communist sympathies? 4. How were they investigated and what happened to them? 5. What restrictions on freedom of speech did McCarthyism lead to? 6. How did McCarthyism end? 7. How is McCarthyism viewed today, and why?

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1. Because of tensions between Soviet Union and US

2. In a way they were because of those tensions

3. McCarthy accused a lot of Hollywood stars and eventually people from the government themselves

4. People who were accused, stood on trial and were pressured to answer whether they were actually communists, and if they didn't confess, they would go to jail

5. I assume it's the restriction of lying to the court, something like that (sorry)

6. Senator McCarthy died by chronic alcoholism, they never found the list that Senator McCarthy said he had when he made his speech

7. McCarthyism is viewed as the most ridiculous thing that happened in the 1900s, it's just like how the puritans went on a witch hunt back in the 1600s, and they're both not very proud moments of America