Joseph McCarthy...Multiple Choice!!!?

Question

The antics of Joseph McCarthy demonstrate that:
a- one rogue Senator could cause little damage.
b - it was time for integration to take place in earnest.
c - someone who was dishonest could abuse power and the public trust.
d - despite his tactics, there was a serious problem with people who were not loyal in high positions in governments.
PLZ PLZ help me OUT. Thank you so much!!!

Answer 1

Definitely C

See the links below, please - an excerpt from link number 2:
" During this time many thousands of Americans were accused of being Communists or communist sympathizers and became the subject of aggressive investigations and questioning before government or private-industry panels, committees and agencies. The primary targets of such suspicions were government employees, those in the entertainment industry, educators and union activists. Suspicions were often given credence despite inconclusive or questionable evidence, and the level of threat posed by a person's real or supposed leftist associations or beliefs was often greatly exaggerated. Many people suffered loss of employment, destruction of their careers, and even imprisonment. Most of these punishments came about through trial verdicts that would later be overturned,[1] laws that would later be declared unconstitutional,[2] dismissals for reasons that would be later declared illegal[3] or actionable,[4] or extra-legal procedures that would later come into general disrepute."

"It's difficult to estimate the number of victims of McCarthyism. The number imprisoned is in the hundreds, and some ten or twelve thousand lost their jobs.[36] In many cases, simply being subpoenaed by HUAC or one of the other committees was sufficient cause to be fired.[37] Many of those who were imprisoned, lost their jobs or were questioned by committees did in fact have a past or present connection of some kind with the Communist Party. But for the vast majority, both the potential for them to do harm to the nation and the nature of their communist affiliation were tenuous.[38] Suspected homosexuality was also a common cause for being targeted by McCarthyism. According to some scholars, this resulted in more persecutions than did alleged connection with Communism.[39]
In the film industry, over 300 actors, authors and directors were denied work in the U.S. through the unofficial Hollywood blacklist. Blacklists were at work throughout the entertainment industry, in universities and schools at all levels, in the legal profession, and in many other fields. A port security program initiated by the Coast Guard shortly after the start of the Korean War required a review of every maritime worker who loaded or worked aboard any American ship, regardless of cargo or destination. As with other loyalty-security reviews of McCarthyism, the identities of any accusers and even the nature of any accusations were typically kept secret from the accused. Nearly 3,000 seamen and longshoremen lost their jobs due to this program alone.[40]"

Answer 2

I know of course that c is correct, but I somehow can't bring myself to mark it. This remains controversial to this day, as note the different responses.

I have a personal interest here, as my mother's best friend went out with Joe for several years in the 40s (he never married till 1952), and my grandmother had him up to the house a lot while he was a law student at Marquette in the 30s, and meals were rare. It was an extremely modest house, but close to the college. My grandfather, a trash collector after having been barred from trucking after a failed 1920 strike, never met him personally, nor did I. I was barely 13 when he died.

I guess I rebel at the correct "c" because I don't think Joe was really dishonest, though he surely lied a great deal. He just thought that was the way politics worked. But, yes, he destroyed the lives of a great many people for no real reason, and gave his name to an era, though really he didn't begin the business, nor was his demise the end of it.

Answer 3

on account that we've the technologies, each and each cellular you shed should be grown right into a man or woman. it really is purely that you do not. equivalent to a despot governemnt withholding resources to its people. Ergo, you're also a mass assassin. [word the scathing irony; it really is an analogy to an extremely lame anti-decision argument.]

Answer 4

C.

For all his fearmongering and peeking under every bed and behind every trashcan for communists he failed to issue even a parking ticket let alone uncover any actual communist spies.

Answer 5

retards, the answer is C, he was not right, he did nto have a list of 112 names of commies in the state dept. there was one and the connection was dubious and possibly questionable, re alger hiss

Answer 6

D He was right- a sorry person- but right.

Answer 7

d

Answer 8

A or C.

Answer 9

C