mcarthyism
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•1950’s fear of Communism is high in the USA
•Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
•Period of paranoia (1950-54)
•Becomes a witchhunt
•Suggestion of guilt was enough to ruin most people
•Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
•Period of paranoia (1950-54)
•Becomes a witchhunt
•Suggestion of guilt was enough to ruin most people
kruschev and de-stalinization
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•Stalin dies in 1953
•Malenkov becomes Soviet leader from 1953-55.
•Replaced by Nikita Krushchev in 1955
•Begins to remove any support for Stalin through De-Stalinization
•First act was to form Warsaw Pact
•It signalled less harsh treatment of the Satellite states
•Malenkov becomes Soviet leader from 1953-55.
•Replaced by Nikita Krushchev in 1955
•Begins to remove any support for Stalin through De-Stalinization
•First act was to form Warsaw Pact
•It signalled less harsh treatment of the Satellite states
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