WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE COLD WAR ERA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Senator Joseph McCarthy was MOST closely associated with issues related to ____
A
rights of unions.
B
Communists in the U.S.
C
foreign aid to Europe.
D
the Berlin Airlirt.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society? He encouraged a widespread fear of communism. divide the defeated Germany into four sectors-American, British, French, and Soviet.

Detailed explanation-2: -Joseph McCarthy (November 14, 1908-May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator for the state of Wisconsin from 1947 to his death in 1957. Joseph McCarthy claimed that he had identified “205 card-carrying” members of the Communist party working within the U.S. State Department.

Detailed explanation-3: -The televised Congressional hearings in early 1954 which discredited Senator Joseph McCarthy and led to his downfall. McCarthy had accused the army of allowing a communist to serve on its staff as a dentist at Fort Dix and of trying to blackmail his subcommittee.

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