Which of the Following Was Not Among the Features of the Increasing

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not among the features of the increasing domestic anticommunist uproar in the late 1940s?

• A) The Federal Bureau of Investigation successfully prevented the Soviets from stealing American atomic secrets.
• B) Two American citizens, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed as Soviet spies.
• C) The House Un-American Activities Committee successfully exposed the State Department's Alger Hiss as a Communist agent.
• D) Conservative local politicians used communism to attack changes in sexual and cultural values.
• E) Teachers and other employees in many states were forced to sign loyalty oaths.

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Definitions:

Supergroup

In phylogenetics, a high-level taxonomic rank above the rank of kingdom, used to organize the diversity of eukaryotes especially.

Alveolates

A group of protists, including dinoflagellates, apicomplexans, and ciliates, characterized by the presence of alveoli (small sac-like structures) beneath their cell membranes.

Representative Clade

A group of organisms that includes an ancestor and all of its descendants, representing a single branch on the tree of life.

Supergroup

In biology, a high-level classification rank above kingdom, used in some recent taxonomic systems to organize the diversity of life.