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Instigating this fear was Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy was a Republican senator from Wisconsin and was the leader behind the ethos of McCarthyism. The term was created in 1950 by Washington Post writer Herbert Block.
While there is hardly ever someone who is entirely responsible for a wide-spread panic such as the Red Scare, Joseph McCarthy sure came close. McCarthy was a senator of Wisconsin who personally affirmed and further instilled fear of communism within the American people through the 50s, 60s, and into the 70s.