Bauhaus & McCarthy

Bauhaus was a school of design operated in Germany from 1919 to 1933. Founded by architect Walter Gropius, the school had an immeasurable affect on the design standards for architecture that would set the foundation for the principles we apply to modern day architecture. The marked difference between the Bauhaus style and previous styles, was that the Bauhaus style didn't have ornament and ostentatious facades. Instead it utilized a balance between function, artistic, and technical means. In 1933 the school was shutdown by the Nazis and many of its faculty moved to the United States. Bauhaus teachings dominated architecture for decades

Joseph McCarthy was born on November 14, 1908 and he died on May 2, 1957. McCarthy worked as a US Senator for the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until he died in 1957. During the 1950's McCarthy became one of the most dominate visible public figure during the cold war. McCarthy made claims that there were numerous Communist and Soviet spies and sympathizers working inside the U.S. federal government and other outlets. Finally the United States censured McCarthy due to his tactics and inability to provide support for his claims. The term McCarthyism was developed in the 1950's to refer to McCarthy's practices and any other similar anti-communist movements.