USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Palmer’s assistant (later the director of the FBI)
A
J. Edgar Hoover
B
Joseph McCarthy
C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D
Michael Hayden
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Clyde Anderson Tolson (May 22, 1900 – April 14, 1975) was the second-ranking official of the FBI from 1930 until 1972, from 1947 titled Associate Director, primarily responsible for personnel and discipline. He was the protégé and long-time top deputy of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Laredo, Missouri, U.S.

Detailed explanation-2: -Edgar Hoover joined the Department of Justice as a file reviewer in 1917. Two years later, he became special assistant to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, where he oversaw the mass roundups and deportations of suspected Bolsheviks (communists) after World War I.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ryan T. Young was named the executive assistant director of the FBI’s Intelligence Branch in December 2021.

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