THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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Question
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True or False?Senator McCarthy was able to produce a list and proved his conspiracy charges.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Senator Joseph R. McCarthy was a little-known junior senator from Wisconsin until February 1950 when he claimed to possess a list of 205 card-carrying Communists employed in the U.S. Department of State.
Detailed explanation-2: -After hearing 32 witnesses and two million words of testimony, the committee concluded that McCarthy himself had not exercised any improper influence on Schine’s behalf, but that Roy Cohn, McCarthy’s chief counsel, had engaged in some “unduly persistent or aggressive efforts” for Schine.
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