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Joseph McCarthy is born in Grand Chute, Wisconsin.
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The Bolsheviks rise to power, expanding communism throughout Russia
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After more and more Americans were becoming more educated on communism, an attemp by the Russians to blow up A. Mitchell Palmer (the attorney general) was a very scary thing. There was a rising against communists in the United States. 6000 people were imprisoned, then later released. (The Red Scare)
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U.S. Stock Market crashes, leading to the start of the Great Depression.
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The House of Un-Amerian Activities Committee is created because of growing concerns of spies from other countries infiltrating the government.
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This Timespan shows the time from where he was elected until he died (political career.)
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Joseph McCarthy is Elected as a Republican U.S. Senator
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The second Red Scare begins because of fears of Soviet spies infiltrating the U.S. Government.
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The loyalty order "mandated that all federal employees be analyzed to determine whether they were sufficiently loyal to the government."
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Russia Tests it's First Atomic Bomb Code Name: "First Lightning"
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McCarthy gives his speech where he states "I have here in my hand a list of 205 [men] that were known to the secretary of state as being members of the Communist Party and who, nevertheless, are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department." (Fitzgerald)
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Joseph McCarthy thinks that John Service is part of the communist party of China and this leads to Service being fired, but the decision is later overturned.
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The U.S. Senate approves the censure of McCarthy by a vote of 67-22.
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Joseph McCarthy passes away at age 48 from Hepititis.
