Question

Cold War Test

Joseph McCarthy gained a large amount of popularity during the 1950s when he began accusing many Americans of doing what?
Allying with Vietnam and North Korea
Supporting the Communist Party and the Soviet Union
Supporting Barry Goldwater as he ran for president against Lyndon Johnson
Spying on Americans and giving information to Fidel Castro

Answer 1

Supporting the Communist Party and the Soviet Union

Step-by-step explanation:

Joseph McCarthy was a Republican Senator from Wiscosin during the 1940s and 1950s. He gained notoriety for believing that there many communist infiltrates at every level of U.S. Society: Hollywood, the army, the government, the political parties, and civil society. The term "Mccarthysm was coined to refer to the belief or idea that a person or a group is a communist sympathizer without enough basis on reality".