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History Trivia

What was the name of the famously anti-Communist United States Senator?

on Jan 31, 2025

Joseph McCarthy
John Lewis
Harry Truman
Edwin Rybold

Joseph McCarthy. Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin, McCarthy became noted for aggressively investigating claims that there were Communist and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the federal government.

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