Spurred by the national emphasis on anti-communism, Senator Joseph McCarthy conducted hearings searching for communists in the U.S. government, the U.S. Army, and other government-funded agencies and institutions, leading to a national paranoia.
Potaknut nacionalnim naglaskom na antikomunizam senator Joseph McCarthy organizirao je saslušanja u potrazi za komunistima u američkoj vladi, vojsci i drugim vladinim institucijama što je dovelo do nacionalne paranoje.