SOCIALES DE CELIA CASAS

1. Who was Joseph Mccarthy? A US Republican Senator. 2. What were his politics?  He accused everyone from trade union members to Hollywood stars of carrying out un-American  activities or being communist agents. 3. What were the first accusations he made? The first accusations were made in a speech (1950), he showed the audience a pepeer with a list of names of 205 supposed active communists working in the State Department. 4. Why do you think the American public believed him? Because the "Red Scare", they were frightened about a communist attack in the United States. 5.What other people did he go on to accuse? What were the foundations for his accusations? He accused; government employees, trade union activists and people in the entertainment industry that had their careers and reputations ruined. 6. How and why did the reaction of the American public change? Because he accused officers of the US army. People were able to see his brutal interrogation methods....