U.S.History-PostWWII-10-ID

Senator Joe McCarthy led the U.S. into a climate of fear and suspicion where individuals were accused of being communists or communist sympathizers without due process. Known as McCarthyism, this fear led to ___________________.

• the enshrinement of Joseph McCarthy as a great American hero
• investigations, blacklists, job dismissals based on accusations, not proof.
• a division between citizens and political leaders that lingers today
• the discovery of thousands of threatening communists in the U.S.