Which statement best explains why, for four years, Senator Joseph McCarthy was able to recklessly attack and falsely accuse people of being communists?
A. Many people were afraid to oppose McCarthy.

B. Communists agents and spies had sneaked into the U.S.

C. McCarthy had the full support of the Presidents Truman and Eisenhower.

D. McCarthy was supported by the American Communist Party.

Question

Which statement best explains why, for four years, Senator Joseph McCarthy was able to recklessly attack and falsely accuse people of being communists? 
A. Many people were afraid to oppose McCarthy. 

B. Communists agents and spies had sneaked into the U.S.

C. McCarthy had the full support of the Presidents Truman and Eisenhower.

D. McCarthy was supported by the American Communist Party.

anonymous · Answer

welcome to open study let me see if i can help, do you think you have an idea of what it may be?

anonymous · Answer

senator Joseph McCarthy was able to persecute people he suspected of being Communists and he manipulated the fears of the american people at a time when soviet communism was considered to be a direct threat to the american way of life.