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The McCarthy Era was a period of political persecution led by US senator Joe McCarty during the 1950’s. Public officials and private citizens were accused of being communists or communist sympathizers. Many people lost their jobs because most of McCarthy's evidence was fabricated. The government started to investigate federal workers and created lists of organizations suspected of dealing with communists. McCarthy was investigated by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which did not find any evidence of people dealing with communists. People accused each other to save their own job. A nationally televised hearing on McCarthy’s persecutions of members of the US army being communists resulted by censured by the senate for misconduct. - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg's trial also convinced many Americans that soviets were living among them. They were accused of giving American atomic secrets to the Soviets. - The Truman doctrine authorized financial support to countries fighting communism. - The HUAC (house un-American activities committee) was charged with the task of finding anti-American or pro-communism activities. During this time period people were being accused of supporting communism without far trials for no reason. The HUAC got people together to name who might be a communist supporter. The fear of being accused can be related to the witch trials because there was so much fear that people were accusing eachother just to keep themself from being accused. It was find out who a communist was before someone thinks you are.

http://www.trackedinamerica.org/timeline/mccarthy_era/intro/