What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on domestic politics in the USA?
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:29:22
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 3 pages (927 words)
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 3 pages (927 words)
Joseph McCarthy was one of the most notorious senators throughout the USA's history. He spread the wave of anti-communist feeling through the USA, which was caused by the Americans' fear of the Soviets. However his success was built on the accumulating of the scary espionages to the American, for example, the ring of atomic secrets that would be passed to the USSR. The most infamous deed McCarthy renowned for was the "205 names list" in the
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2 Philips, Steve. The Cold War. Heinemann Educational, 2001. 65.
3 "USA-- A Divided Union 1941-1980." 23 Oct. 2005 <http://www.learnhistory.org.uk/usa/mccarthy.htm>
4 Ibid 3
5 "Joseph McCarthy 1908-1957." 23 Oct. 2005 <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1774.html>.
6 23 Oct. 2005 <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthy.htm>.
7 23 Oct. 2005<http://www.booker.com.cn/gb/paper18/37/class001800010/hwz193318.htm>
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