One Result of the Anticommunist Crusade During the Late 1940s

question 121

Multiple Choice

One result of the anticommunist crusade during the late 1940s and early 1950s was the dismissal as security risks of

• A) alcoholics, homosexuals, and debtors in the employ of the federal government.
• B) J. Edgar Hoover from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• C) Ethel and Julius Rosenberg from the State Department.
• D) Henry A. Wallace as Secretary of Commerce.

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Definitions:

Contracted Muscle

A state of muscle that is actively shortened, typically in response to a nerve impulse, facilitating movement.

Muscle Activity

The action of muscle fibers contracting and relaxing, which results in movement or the maintenance of posture.

Chemical Reactions

Processes in which one or more substances are chemically changed into one or more new substances.

Pyrogens

Substances that cause fever by acting on the hypothalamus's temperature-regulating center.