McCarthy
Timeline
by Jeff Hurst
November 14, 1908 - Joseph
McCarthy was born in Grand Chute, Wisconsin.
1939 - McCarthy elected circuit-court judge.
1946 - McCarthy was elected Senator of
Wisconsin.
1947 - President Truman set up loyalty boards to
investigate government employees.
1948 - Marx and Engels come up with a modern
form of Communism in their Communist Manifesto.
1950 - McCarthy attracted national attention
when he accused the Department of State of harboring Communists.
1950 - McCarren Internal Security Act passed
which barred any person into the United States from any Communist
country or organization.
1953 - Eisenhower becomes president and is
accused of treason by McCarthy.
1954 - McCarthy accused the Secretary of the
Army of conceiling foreign activities.
1954-1957 - McCarthyism gradually declined due
to the end of the Korean War (1953) and condemnation of McCarthy
in 1954.
1955-1958 - The Supreme Court made of series of
decision that helped protect people's rights against being
accused of Communism.
May 2, 1957 - Joseph McCarthy died.
