Tuesday, March 2, 2010
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is defined as the sets of unsupported “communist” accusations made by republican senator Joseph McCarthy. At times, McCarty had claimed to have names of hundreds of “communists” within the State department. Although McCarthy made these claims, he never provided a single one of these names. McCarthy had also claimed that the Democratic Party was guilty of “20 years of Treason.” He claimed this was because they had allowed communists to infiltrate our government. McCarthy only claimed specific people of being communist within the senate, otherwise he could have been sued for slander. In 1954 McCarthy made accusations against the US army, which led to a nationally televised investigation on the senate. McCarthy improperly interrogated the “communist” whiteness, which lost him his public support. The senate condemned McCarthy of improper conduct which “tended to bring the senate into dishonor and disrepute.” In 1957 McCarthy died from alcoholism. After McCarthy died, the senate made it illegal to violently overthrough the government.
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This is a nice and pithy summary of what happend. The definetion in the begining really helps. I kinda wish you gave a few exaple of McCarthy's unsupported claims, just so we can get our hands on some solide things.
ReplyDeleteI like how it's short but gives the reader a clear idea of what McCarthyism is and the history behind the definition. Good job.
ReplyDeletegood job. very concise and informative
ReplyDeleteGood Job. You managed to keep it short and simple while at the same time point out the key points and summarize who and what McCarthy did.
ReplyDeleteYou highlighted key points and kept the posting short enough so it wasn't too wordy. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThe posting does a very good job of explaining the history behind the word "McCarthyism". I never knew that the reason he never named specific Communists was the risk of being sued for slander. Good job.
ReplyDeleteAwesome post, good job in explaining the intricacies of McCarthyism.
ReplyDeleteGood post, gets straight to the point easy read . maybe next time have a picture to make it more interesting
ReplyDeleteThe single paragraph kind of hurts your post, and it would be really helpful if you had broken it up, but you also don't have that much material to begin with so I'm not sure. You do get the general idea out, though, of what McCarthy's ideas were and that's great! It could have used a little time frame, so that we have a reference point. Great overall!
ReplyDeletegreat post to the point and easy to read and undertand
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