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1.Who was Joseph McCarthy? He was a republican senator born in Wisconsin. 2. What were his politics? He accused lots of people of being communist agents. 3.What were the first accusations he made? In a speech he gave,he showed a list with 205 names of supposed communists in the State Department. 4.Why do you think the American public believed him? He scared them with communism and made accusatons with little evidence. 5.What other people did he go on to accuse? What were foundations for his accusations? He accused, government employees, trade union activists and people in the entertainment industry. And at the end he accused officers of the US army. 6.How and why did the reaction of the American public change? People saw the beutal interrogation methods he used and the Senate censured him for abusing of his senator power.