  ◦ ◦ A. WHAT WERE THEY ACCUSED OF?

◦ ◦ ◦ ACCUSED OF DISLOYALTY BEING COMMUNISTS EXPOSING MOVIEGOERS TO COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA B. HOW WERE THEY AFFECTED BY THE ACCUSATIONS?

THEY WERE IMPRISONED AND BLACKLISTED THEIR CAREERS AND REPUTATIONS WERE DESTROYED

  ◦ ◦ A. WHAT WERE THEY ACCUSED OF?

ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR THE SOVIET UNION PASSING GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS TO THE SOVIET UNION ◦ ◦ PERJURY B. HOW WERE THEY AFFECTED BY THE ACCUSATIONS?

HE WAS CONVICTED OF PERJURY AND JAILED

  ◦ ◦ A. WHAT WERE THEY ACCUSED OF?

ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR THE SOVIET UNION HELPING TO PASS INFORMATION TO THE SOVIETS ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMB ◦ B. HOW WERE THEY AFFECTED BY THE ACCUSATIONS?

THEY WERE CONVICTED AND EXECUTED

 ◦ ◦ ◦ 4. WHAT SEEMS TO HAVE MOTIVATED IT?

McCARTHY’S DESIRE TO BE REELECTED THE REPUBLICANS’ DESIRE TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION GROWING FEARS OF COMMUNISM AND SUSPICION OF FOREIGN INFLUENCES IN THE UNITED STATES

◦  5. WHY DID IT SUCCEED AT FIRST?

McCARTHY FED ON THE PUBLIC’S FEARS AND GAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WAS PURGING THE NATION OF A VERY DANGEROUS, AND SEEMINGLY VERY REAL, COMMUNIST MENANCE

◦  6. WHY DID IT FALL OUT OF FAVOR?

IN TELEVISED HEARINGS, McCARTHY BULLIED WITNESSES, TURNING THE PUBLIC AGAINST HIM. THERE WAS NO PROOF FOR HIS ACCUSATIONS