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February 1950
McCarthyism
In twin speeches, Wisconsin Republican Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, claiming to have a list of names, charges Communist infiltration of the State Department. Thus begins a four-year stretch during which his accusations dominate headlines across the country – and wreak havoc with scores of innocent lives.
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