McCarthy Hearings
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Democracy, Communism, Communists, Cold War, Censorship, Espionage, Spying, Spies, Treason, Traitors
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: March 21, 1951-December, 1954
Article abstract: Cold War paranoia tests the principles of democracy, threatening the civil rights of U.S. citizens.
Summary of Event
On February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin addressed the Ohio County Women’s Republican Club of Wheeling, West Virginia. He said, “While I cannot take the time to name all of the men in the State Department who have been named as members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring, I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of...
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