Your assignment is to illustrate how this was the case by making a historical argument

Ellen Schrecker and Phillip Deery argue in The Age of McCarthyism 3d Edition that the term McCarthyism is a misnomer because the anti-communist movement was much bigger than just the antics of the Wisconsin Senator. Your assignment is to illustrate how this was the case by making a historical argument (in answer to the two questions below) and supporting that argument with specific examples from historical documents.