Joseph McCarthy

question 49

Multiple Choice

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.

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