Joseph McCarthy and Demagoguery

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Across
  1. 4. The first Red Scare took place in 1919 after the Russian Revolution, under the leadership of President ____________.
  2. 5. In 1949, Mao Zedong established a communist ________ in China.
  3. 7. This term has now come to mean a witch hunt, or "the political practice of publicizing accusations of disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence."
  4. 11. Joseph McCarthy was successful in convincing Americans that Soviet subversives were ________ on them.
  5. 12. In 1949, the Soviet Union exploded a ________ bomb, setting off the Cold War.
  6. 16. McCarthy's unfounded accusations only ___________ the US's efforts to curb communist influence.
  7. 17. This President famously said, of McCarthy, "I won’t go down into the gutter with that guy”, meaning that he didn't want to give him more attention.
  8. 18. Once he began to get media attention, McCarthy started to change and ___________ the number of people on his so-called list.
Down
  1. 1. Even if McCarthy didn't create the Red Scare, he certainly ____________ from it.
  2. 2. McCarthy died from complications resulting from severe __________________.
  3. 3. This type of government is actually just acting in the interests of another country, hence why it is called a "____________" government.
  4. 6. Several legitimate cases of subversive spying came to light in the 1950s, perhaps most famous among them was Alger Hiss, who was convicted of perjury based upon evidence hidden in a ____________.
  5. 8. These were often violated during the Red Scare, especially freedom of speech and thought.
  6. 9. In 1948, the Soviet Union closed off access to the western part of this German city.
  7. 10. Many members of society, including Hollywood actors, educators and military members were ____________ as a result of suspected communist affiliation.
  8. 13. The outbreak of the __________ War in 1950, in which the communist, Soviet-backed North invaded the democratic, US-backed South, contributed to the Red Scare.
  9. 14. Some used this word to describe McCarthy, which describes a political leader who seeks support by manipulating ordinary people by appealing to their emotions rather than using rational argument.
  10. 15. Just before his death the Senate voted to ________ McCarthy, or to declare their disapproval of him.