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McCarthyism  

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  • McCarthyism was a term coined to describe activities associated with Republican senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin. He served in the Senate from 1947 to 1957. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; McCarthyism]

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