During the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, the topic of Communism had initiated to develop as an everyday conversation for all Americans considering the end of World War II, and the beginning of the Cold War. In 1952, A man name Joseph McCarthy had been elected to Senator for the state of Wisconsin, winning primarily because of his exploits of the issue Communism (a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy …showed first 75 words of 948 total…

…showed last 75 words of 948 total…if it is really true. Joseph McCarthy and "McCarthyism" had taken America by surprise, causing massive outrages and thousands of careers to be destroyed. The McCarthy-era lingered throughout America even after his death. It lasted until the 1960's, which then began to slowly die out and eventually vanish. Today America is alive and well, and still going strong, but you never know when another "Joseph McCarthy" may come by again and take America by storm.