Question

False accusations against which organization led to the demise of Senator Joseph McCarthy?

A. the U.S. Army
B. the U.S. State Department
C. the U.S. Air Force
D. the U.S. Senate

Answer 1

B. the U.S. State Department

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. the U.S. Army. In 1954, McCarthy accused officials in the U.S. army of communist sympathies. The hearings on the case were nationally televised, and many Americans soon began to realize how crazy and over the top Joseph McCarthy was.