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McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism. The term refers to U.S senator Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) and has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting from the late 1940s through the 1950s.
A. Andrew Johnson was president from 1865 when Lincoln was assassinated to 1859, where he lost reelection to Ulysses S. Grant.
The advantages of being a patriot would be that they were fighting for freedom. A disadvantage would they were most likely poor and untrained. An advantage of being a loyalist would be that you have an army on your side. A disadvantage would be you lived a less free life.
The goal of the Continental Congress was to govern the United States throughout the American Revolution and to boycott British resources.