Joseph McCarthy was a senator from Wisconsin. He accused people for being a communistic. The term McCarthyism is the political action of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term mostly describes the actions that took place in the United States called the Second Red Scare. The Second Red Scare heightened fears of communist influence. "McCarthyism" soon took on another meaning, describing the excesses of similar efforts. The term is also now used to describe reckless, unsupported accusations. Thousands of Americans were accused of being Communists or communist sympathizers and became the subject of investigations and questioning. The high targets of the suspicions were government employees. A question is brought up by many people, why didn't the Republicans stop him? They thought he was helping them by ridding the county of communist activities. They also thought if they stood up against him, they would be accused as well.
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