COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Harry Truman
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Joseph Stalin
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Joseph McCarthy
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was the Truman Administration’s State Department that McCarthy accused of harboring 205 (or 57 or 81) “known Communists".
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -McCarthyism: Which statement best identifies a central idea of the text? The government was cautious about communist spies and relied solely on Senator Joseph McCarthy to contain communism in America.