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There had been a previous "Red Scare" in the USA just after the Great War. The fear of Communism that swept the country after the Second World War was more serious. From 1950 to 1954 Senator Joseph McCarthy (after whom McCarthyism is named) conducted a powerful campaign against alleged Communists at the heart of the American government.
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The Soviet Union had acquired the "A" bomb by 1950. The US authorities believed that they must have received help from Western scientists
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McCarthy often changed his mind about the precise numbers of Communists in any one location, but he alleged their presence in several government departments
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As a member of Congress McCarthy was in a powerful position to conduct his campaign
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McCarthy used this body as his platform to allege a massive Communist conspiracy at the very heart of the US establishment
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The FBI was responsible for domestic security and the investigation of organized crime
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Once blacklisted in one of these areas the victims found it very hard to find another job
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Sometimes victims cited the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution as a reason not to answer this question for fear of incriminating themselves
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This hostile vote was effectively the beginning of the end for McCarthy. Even the incoming Republican President Eisenhower had little time for him
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For McCarthy nothing and no one were sacred, but on this occasion he seemed finally to have met his match
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McCarthy employed an army of assistants to help him to incriminate his victims. Some of them went on to make successful careers in the law, while others carved out political careers
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