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Lesson Plan: McCarthyism – Populism and the Press
Grades 8-12
At the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist crusade became a media sensation. McCarthy used bold accusations and populist appeal to fuel Americans’ fear about the spread of communism. He met his match in a hard-hitting journalist, Edward R. Murrow, whose television commentary was sharply critical of McCarthyism.
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