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Joseph McCarthy (14 November 1908 - 2 May 1957) was a Republican Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1957. He is best known for making accusations of membership in the communist party or of communist sympathies against people working in sensitive sectors of the U.S. government.
Joseph McCarthy created a thing called McCarthyism which is the practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty with insufficient regard to evidence. It is mostly associated with the red scare. There was an increase in communism influence on the Espionage by the Soviets. During McCarthyism most Americans were accused of being communists but actually weren't. Through 1950 and 1954 Joseph McCarthy developed a personal and political approach in becoming Senator of the United States. He practiced politically accusing someone.