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McCarthyism, Introduction, The Atomic Era, Tail Gunner Joe Shot Down,…

- - - - the army retaliated by by questioning McCarthy's
        
        methods
        
        credibility
        
        one official asked "at long last, have you no sense of decency left?"
  - - - when the hearings ended McCarthy
        
        was plagued with alcoholism
        
        died three years later
        
        was plagued with poor health
- - - - CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)
      - AFL (American Federation of Labor)
- - - - on February 9th McCarthy proclaimed that he knew of 205 card-carrying members of the Communist Party who work for the U.S
      - on February 20th McCarthy addressed the Senate, and made some suspicious claims against communists.
        
        he cited 81 cases that day,
        
        despite having flimsy evidence, and proving nothing the senate called for a full investigation.
        
        this fiasco called McCarthy into the spotlight
        
        staying in the headlines was a full-time job.
        
        He accused many low-level officials but eventually went for the big names such as Dean Acheson, and George Marshall
        
        However he was viewed as an asset by Robert Taft, and Richard Nixon. this was rewarded by the public by sending them red-baiters.
- - - - this group targeted Hollywood, and caused these people to appear in before a committee
        
        Actors
        
        writers
        
        producers
        
        while there they were asked to provide names of communist colleagues
        
        those who gave up names could go back to business
        
        those who refused were cited for contempt
        
        uncooperative artists were blacklisted from jobs in the entertainment industry.
    - - because of this thousand of people lost their jobs and their reputations tarnished.