cold war tensions (McCarthyism)

McCarthyism was created by a man named McCarthy. He would basically just accuse people who he would assume believed in communism even though there wouldn't be any evidence. He was against it of course but he just kept scaring citizens of the US about. he would say things such as that the government would be doing nothing to help with it. people being blamed for the sympathizing communism were being questioned and were being investigated by the government. the main people being targeted by the people who believed in McCarthyism were employees who worked for the government.