Joseph McCarthy was a Republican Senator from Wisconsin during the era of the “Red Scare”. The “Red Scare” is compared to the Salem Witch trials that had taken place beforehand. The “Red Scare” was the fear of the communist party taking over. “Later that year, Communist forces declared victory in the Chinese Civil War and established the People’s Republic of China.” (history.com) What happened with McCarthy was he accused and interrogated many people who were believed to be communist living in the United States. McCarthyism is the accusing and interrogating someone. Due to the McCarthyism people were afraid to speak out against the interrogations because they might be accused as a communist too. “McCarthy’s accusations were so intimidating