Senator Joseph McCarthy
Senator Joseph McCarthy was the driving factor behind the second red scare. He sparked large amounts of fear and paranoia towards communists by accusing many people of being communist spies. He would even go as far as to say that multiple government officials of being spies.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were two of the victims of this fear. They were arrested because they were suspected Soviet spies. They were executed after some very questionable evidence was shown in court.
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