Who Was Joseph McCarthy?

Joseph McCarthy was born on November 14, 1908, near Appleton Wisconsin.
-He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1946. He was elected in 1952 and for the next few years he investigated in various government departments and questioned a lot of witnesses!

-He dropped out of grade school at the age of 14. He returned t finish school n 1928

-He attended Marquette University where he received his diploma in law.

-he was a democrat the beginning of studying politics and then quickly changed to the Republican Party.

-he quit his job as a judge and then joined the marines during World War II

What speech did he make? How did it knock off the Red Scare?

"Enemies from within" he pulled out a piece of paper which he claimed "i have here in my hand a list of 205- a list of names that were made to the Secretary of State of being members of the communist party and who are still working and shaping policy in the State Department."