THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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Question
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McCarthyism targeted which groups?
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Farmers, business people, and White House employees
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The rich, immigrants, and teachers
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Teachers, Hollywood celebrities, government employees
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College students, professors, and homosexuals
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The primary targets for persecution were government employees, prominent figures in the entertainment industry, academics, left-wing politicians, and labor union activists.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Red Scare of 1919-1920, many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology.
Detailed explanation-3: -McCarthyism is the term describing a period of intense anti-Communist suspicion in the United States which began during the start of the Cold War, that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the mid to late 1950s. The term gets its name from U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, a Republican of Wisconsin.
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