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A. WHAT WERE THEY ACCUSED OF?
◦ ACCUSED OF DISLOYALTY
◦ BEING COMMUNISTS
◦ EXPOSING MOVIEGOERS TO COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA
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B. HOW WERE THEY AFFECTED BY THE
ACCUSATIONS?
◦ THEY WERE IMPRISONED AND BLACKLISTED
◦ THEIR CAREERS AND REPUTATIONS WERE DESTROYED
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A. WHAT WERE THEY ACCUSED OF?
◦ ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR THE SOVIET UNION
◦ PASSING GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS TO THE SOVIET
UNION
◦ PERJURY
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B. HOW WERE THEY AFFECTED BY THE
ACCUSATIONS?
◦ HE WAS CONVICTED OF PERJURY AND JAILED
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A. WHAT WERE THEY ACCUSED OF?
◦ ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR THE SOVIET UNION
◦ HELPING TO PASS INFORMATION TO THE SOVIETS
ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMB
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B. HOW WERE THEY AFFECTED BY THE
ACCUSATIONS?
◦ THEY WERE CONVICTED AND EXECUTED
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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