The height of Senator Joseph McCarthy's power and influence coincided with

The height of Senator Joseph McCarthy's power and influence coincided with Correct Answer the Korean War.

Senator Joseph McCarthy had the greatest influence during the period of the Korean War. Often, in American history, periods of war opened up political space for more extreme, jingoistic political movements. This can be seen in the anti-German sentiment that accompanied World War I. In 1950, the year the Korean War began, McCarthy gained a great deal of publicity for himself by announcing that he had a list of employees in the State Department who were also members of the Communist Party. The war ended in 1953; by 1954, political leaders were publicly challenging Senator McCarthy.

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