COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Exonerate
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Prevarication
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McCarthyism
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Backbiting
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term McCarthyism described the practice of publicly accusing government employees of political disloyalty or subversive activities and using unsavory investigatory methods to prosecute them. The criticisms of McCarthyism, and of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy (pictured here) in particular, are threefold.
Detailed explanation-2: -McCarthyism. a campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950-1954.
Detailed explanation-3: -Red Scare: Term used to describe extreme, reckless charges. Having so many weapons that both sides would be totally destroyed in an all-out war.
Detailed explanation-4: -What are two meanings for the term McCarthyism? These unsupported attacks on suspected Communists became known as McCarthyism. McCarthyism also came to mean the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without producing evidence.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950’s? U.S citizens were arrested for being suspected communist.