COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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Nikita Krushchev
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John F Kennedy
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Joseph McCarthy
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Harry S. Truman
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Detailed explanation-1: -After three largely undistinguished years in the Senate, McCarthy rose suddenly to national fame in February 1950, when he asserted in a speech that he had a list of “members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring” who were employed in the State Department.
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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.