Joseph Mccarthy: The Role Of Communists In The 1950's

Hey you! Yeah you! You’re a communists! Your mom and dad are a communist! Your siblings are all communist! This is what people in the 1950s had to deal with when McCarthyism was in effect. McCarthy neglects to meet the responsibilities of a Senator because he tore apart the lives of anyone he thought was a communist, including Government officials, to gain more power.
The roles and responsibilities of Senator are very important. Senators have to enroll in work such as, passing bills, holding meetings for impeachment, and other important duties.There are 100 people in the Senate. The majority leader, like Joseph McCarthy, has to be on the floor at all times making sure everyone is happy and satisfied while doing important work. According to the United States Senate “Effective leaders
McCarthy “claimed that 205 communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department (Joseph McCarthy Biography, 2).” He started off accusing poor people. He would claim to have evidence behind every case, but in reality he just made up a bunch of lies. After he was done with the lower class people, he began to go for higher class. He accused some of his fellow senators! He went overboard and claimed that the leaders of the military were communist. Everyone shot that accusation down because they all knew that couldn’t be true. Many people started to question McCarthy after that. People said that McCarthy “leaned toward conservatism and generally flew under the radar, working on such issues as housing legislation and sugar rationing ((Joseph McCarthy Biography, 2).” They eventually figured out that they were so wrong! McCarthy was a terrible man, but for some odd reason many people looked up to him and thought he was a great leader. McCarthy himself even said this “ McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.” He knew what he was doing was bad, but didn’t stop because he was power hungry. McCarthy was a huge “dictator” in the