THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
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an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
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a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
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The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.
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Detailed explanation-1: -[The American Heritage Dictionary gives the definition of McCarthyism as: 1. The political practice of publicizing accusations of disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence; and 2. The use of methods of investigation and accusation regarded as unfair, in order to suppress opposition.]
Detailed explanation-2: -McCarthyism was the practice of making false or unfounded accusations of subversion and treason, especially when related to anarchism, communism, and socialism, and especially when done in a public and attention-grabbing manner.
Detailed explanation-3: -McCarthyism. a campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950-1954.