Original sentence: Between 1950 and 1954, McCarthy gained notoriety for aggressively investigating claims that there were Communist and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the Federal Government.From the late 1940s to the late 1950s, the United States went through a period of intense anti-Communist suspicion.He became the most visible public face of this era of anti-Communism, and as a result, the term McCarthyism was coined to describe his practices.Investigations revealed that in fact, some government officials and State Department employees had been Soviet spies, especially during World War II.Many thousands of individuals were suspected of being Soviet spies, Communists or communist sympathizers
Edited sentence: Between 1950 and 1954, McCarthy gained fame for aggressively investigating claims that there were Communist and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the Federal Government.FBI investigations revealed that in fact, some government officials and State Department employees had been Soviet spies, especially during World War II.He became the most visible public face of this era of anti-Communism, and as a result, Washington Post cartoonist Herblock coined the term McCarthyism in 1950 to describe and condemn his practices.In the late 1940s the United States, as the Cold War escalated between the United States and the Soviet Union and China, the nation went through a period of intense anti-Communist soul-searching.Many thousands of individuals were suspected of being Soviet spies, Communists or Communist sympathizers.The issue of domestic Communist influence had been a political issue for years in national politics.The issue was heightened after the war with the discovery of Soviet spies in high government positions (most notably Alger Hiss), the expulsion of Communist leaders from American labor unions, and the Truman Adminsitration's purge of thousands of suspects