In a 1950 Speech, Senator Joseph R

question 25

Multiple Choice

In a 1950 speech, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy claimed that __________.

• A) there were 205 Communists working in the State Department
• B) Truman was a closet Communist
• C) the army was ignoring the communist threat
• D) a military takeover of the United States by the Communists was imminent

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