Question

Joseph McCarthy: a) had the full support of the Senate during his anticommunist crusade. b) successfully uncovered the communist infiltration of the federal government. c) successfully uncovered the communist infiltration of the U.S. army. d) was hailed as an American hero for his fight against communism. e) was an embarrassment to his party by 1954.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter A

Explanation: Joseph Raymond McCarthy, and the anti-communist crusade he promoted took the nickname of Macarthism.

The so-called “witch hunt” began in 1950. Only between 1953 and early 1954, at the head of the Senate's Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, McCarthy watched 653 people accused of “being dangerous to social life” - and brought dozens to trial.