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Joseph McCarthy was born in Wisconsin.
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The United States started to fear communism after World War 1 which began rising in the Soviet Union during the war.
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This was the first time McCarthy openly accused many people in the government of being active communists.
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In October of 1953, three years after his first accusations, McCarthy finally crosses the line and accuses the military of being made of communists. President Eisenhower finally made a stand against McCarthy and his false accusations.
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It was voted on that McCarthy would loose his position in the Senate.
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The Senate came up with a way to stop and reprimand McCarthy from accusing people of communism any more.
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Joseph McCarthy died in May of 1957, but not before having scarred the country by playing on their pre-existing fears of communism for his own benefit.
