Question

Senator Joseph McCarthy became a powerful and prominent public figure during the 1950s because of which of these? (1 point)

widespread fears about communism
unpopularity of the Korean War
opposition to the Civil Rights movement
rejuvenation of the women's rights movement

Answer 1

Widespread fears about communism.
Read about McCarthyism for more details.

Answer 2

Senator Joseph McCarthy became a powerful and prominent public figure during the 1950s because of widespread fears about communism.

Joseph McCarthy was an American Republican Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1957. During his ten years in the Senate, McCarthy and his team became famous for their investigations of people in the United States government suspected of being Soviet agents or sympathizers of communism infiltrated in the public administration or the army.