Why is Senator Joseph McCarthy famous? A. He negotiated an agreement that established the state of Israel in the British-controlled territory of Palestine. B. He held congressional hearings that falsely accused hundreds of Americans of alleged communist sympathies. C. He ran against President Truman in the 1948 election as the candidate of the anti-civil rights Dixiecrat Party. D. He worked closely with both political parties and both houses of Congress to pass the G. I. Bill of Rights.

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Why is Senator Joseph McCarthy famous? A. He negotiated an agreement that established the state of Israel in the British-controlled territory of Palestine. B. He held congressional hearings that falsely accused hundreds of Americans of alleged communist sympathies. C. He ran against President Truman in the 1948 election as the candidate of the anti-civil rights Dixiecrat Party. D. He worked closely with both political parties and both houses of Congress to pass the G. I. Bill of Rights.

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Joseph McCarthy. A bare-knuckled anti-communist crusader of the early 1950s, Senator Joe McCarthy remains one of the most controversial and reviled American politicians of the 20th century. A Marine Corps veteran of World War II, Joseph McCarthy was elected to the U. S. Senate from Wisconsin in 1946.