Question

Joseph McCarthy: ___________ a. successfully uncovered the communist infiltration of the federal government. b. was hailed as an American hero for his fight against communism. c. had the full support of the Senate during his anticommunist crusade. d. was an embarrassment to his party by 1954. e. successfully uncovered the communist infiltration of the U.S. army.

Answer 1

Answer is D. was an embarrassment to his party in 1954.

Step-by-step explanation:

Joseph McCarthy is an american politician, which served as a senator for about ten years under republican party in United States.

He was known to be part of campaign in exposing the communists. But most of his accusations were done or made without any proper evidence.

In 1954, he raised accusation against Edward Rothschild who was a book binder, which eventually resulted to loss of his work.

And at the long run, it was discovered that most his activities were based on the influence of alcohol. It got to a stage that most of the people around him feared what his speech will be whenever he needed to deliver one.

And, he became friends with allies and this started presenting or giving bad names to other non-communists, by this, he became embarrassment to his party.