1. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
• What does the word “demagogue”
mean?
• How does this word describe Joseph
McCarthy?

2. DEMAGOGUE…
• A political leader who seeks
support by appealing to popular
desires and prejudices rather than
by using rational argument.

3. SEE IT NOW
• CBS documentary series from 1951-1954
• Created by Edward Murrow and Fred W. Friendly
• Focused on controversial issues
• Famous for publically attacking McCarthy and his techniques

4. ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS
• April 1954 – June 1954
• Televised
• Held to investigate accusations made by McCarthy and the Army
• McCarthy accused the Army of being infiltrated by Communists
• Army accused Roy Cohn of pressuring the Army to give preferential treatment to G. David
Schline, a former McCarthy aide
• McCarthy claimed this accusation was only made because he was investigating the Army
• John G. Adams and Joseph Welch were counsel for the Army

5. WELCH VS. MCCARTHY
• June 9, 1954
• Welch challenged McCarthy to give a list of subversives to the FBI by the end of the day
• McCarthy told Welch to investigate Fred Fisher, a lawyer in Welch’s law firm
• Fisher was a part of the National Lawyer’s Guild, which had connections to Communists