ce that would prove the unlawful status of the communist party" (Schrecker 42). In the 1940 and 50's Joseph McCarthy led a "witch-hunt" for communists. McCarthyism produced widespread fear among all Americans. "By the end of 1950, Joe McCarthy was riding high, bolstered by the aura of political invincibility that the fears of his opponents served to enhance" (Schrecker 249). The fifties were considered by many people a time of silence instead of fear. People kept quiet in order not to get blacklisted. Thousands of people were blacklisted, both for refusing to name names and for being unwilling to sign the proliferating loyalty oaths (Fast 245). Joe McCarthy even made an attack on the presidency at one point. In 1953, he charged that the Eisenhower administration was soft on communism. Ultimately, McCarthy "got a lot of his facts wrong" and put many innocent people to shame (Schrecker 241). In their Communist Manifesto Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels proclaimed "working men of all countries, unite!" (77). Communism's original intentions on being a political party for the people as a whole were ultimately destroyed. Many corrupter came along the way, and as in every other political and economic doctrine, the dream has vanished....
