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Mount Holyoke College: Mc Carthyism: Persecution

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Discusses the list Senator Joseph McCarthy was showing to the public in early 1950, a list that purportedly stated the names of Communist Part members who worked within the State Department. This was the beginning of McCarthyism. Over the next several years, McCarthy's power and his popularity among conservatives grew, extending his influence at home and abroad.

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communist party members, communist spies, mount holyoke college: mccarthyism: persecution, senator joe mccarthy, threat of communism, joseph mccarthy
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