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Joseph McCarthy gained public attention by
defeating Dwight Eisenhower in the 1956 election.
criticizing the Supreme Court ruling in the Rosenberg case.
refusing to cooperate with a HUAC investigation.
claiming to have a list of communists in the government.

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claiming to have a list of communists in the government.

He rose to national prominence in 1950 after a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he asserted he had a list of communists working in the State Department, launching the era of "McCarthyism."