Question

"In my opinion, the State Department, which is one of the most important government departments, is thoroughly infested with Communists." Sen. Joseph McCarthy This statement is most significant in the context of

A) World War I.
B) World War II.
C) the Cold War.
D) the Communist Revolution.

Answer 1

C The Cold War. Tensions were brewing up in the United States after World War II between the US and communist countries but in particular the Soviet Union. Many people were worried that were spies in government trying to gain classified government information.

Answer 2

The statement given is most significant in the context of the cold war .

Option - C

Explanation:

Joseph R. McCarthy was a republican senator of Wisconsin. He was called Red Scare for most of the American. He was once involved in trying to prove that the communists loyalist in the US government.

He worked for around five years to expose them to the suspicious atmosphere of cold war. Because of him Americans of the view that the government was gain access to communists and soviet spies. McCarthy’s allegations were so frightening that people are dared to speak out against him. On the day second December 1954 senate warned Joseph McCarthy which earned him censure.