This man announced that hundreds of communists were working in the United States government with the intent of overturning (taking over) the government.

CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WORLD WAR II

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A	President Roosevelt
B	Senator Truman
C	President Hoover
D	Senator McCarthy

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -McCarthy’s involvement in these issues began publicly with a speech he made on Lincoln Day, February 9, 1950, to the Republican Women’s Club of Wheeling, West Virginia. He brandished a piece of paper, which he claimed contained a list of known communists working for the State Department.

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: -On February 11, 1950, two days after his Wheeling Speech, Senator McCarthy sent a telegram to President Truman. In this telegram, McCarthy asserted that he had names of fifty-seven State Department officials with Communist ideologies working against the interest of the United States.

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