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2. Senator Joe
McCarthy and
“McCarthyism”

3. Senator Joe
McCarthy and
“McCarthyism”
By: Ashley Arkfeld

5. About Joe McCarthy

6. About Joe McCarthy

7. About Joe McCarthy
Born: Nov. 14, 1908

8. About Joe McCarthy
Born: Nov. 14, 1908
Died: May 2, 1957

10. His Time in Office

11. His Time in Office
U.S. Senator from Wisconsin

12. His Time in Office
U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
In Office: January 3, 1947- May 2,
1957

14. Other Jobs

15. Other Jobs
He had many other jobs before
becoming a Senator

16. Other Jobs
He had many other jobs before
becoming a Senator
Marines Captain

17. Other Jobs
He had many other jobs before
becoming a Senator
Marines Captain
Attorney, judge, politician

19. “McCarthyism”

20. “McCarthyism”
Defined as, “the practice of making
accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or
treason without proper regard for
evidence”

21. “McCarthyism”
Defined as, “the practice of making
accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or
treason without proper regard for
evidence”
Named after Joe McCarthy

22. “McCarthyism”
Defined as, “the practice of making
accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or
treason without proper regard for
evidence”
Named after Joe McCarthy
McCarthy used it when accusing people
of being Communists in the Red Scare

24. Wheeling Speech

25. Wheeling Speech
February 9, 1950

26. Wheeling Speech
February 9, 1950
Republican Women’s Club in Wheeling, West
Virginia

27. Wheeling Speech
February 9, 1950
Republican Women’s Club in Wheeling, West
Virginia
List of 205 names of “Communists” working in
the State Department

28. Wheeling Speech
February 9, 1950
Republican Women’s Club in Wheeling, West
Virginia
List of 205 names of “Communists” working in
the State Department
205 names were in a letter to James Byrnes,
Secretary of State

29. Wheeling Speech
February 9, 1950
Republican Women’s Club in Wheeling, West
Virginia
List of 205 names of “Communists” working in
the State Department
205 names were in a letter to James Byrnes,
Secretary of State
No audio was ever recorded

30. Wheeling Speech
February 9, 1950
Republican Women’s Club in Wheeling, West
Virginia
List of 205 names of “Communists” working in
the State Department
205 names were in a letter to James Byrnes,
Secretary of State
No audio was ever recorded
Still much dispute over this speech

31. Results of the
Wheeling Speech
State Department Employees-
background checks
Concern for Communism went up
Many were convicted of
Communism
McCarthy was called a liar

34. McCarthy’s Death

35. McCarthy’s Death

36. McCarthy’s Death
May 2, 1957 (48 years old)

37. McCarthy’s Death
May 2, 1957 (48 years old)
Bethesda, Maryland at
Bethesda Naval Hospital

38. McCarthy’s Death
May 2, 1957 (48 years old)
Bethesda, Maryland at
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Official: acute hepatitis-
inflammation of the liver

39. McCarthy’s Death
May 2, 1957 (48 years old)
Bethesda, Maryland at
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Official: acute hepatitis-
inflammation of the liver
Press: Alcoholism

41. Are You A
Communist?

43. Sources

44. Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Joseph_McCarthy

45. Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Joseph_McCarthy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
McCarthyism

46. Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Joseph_McCarthy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
McCarthyism
http://www.nndb.com/people/
490/000051337/