Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Joseph McCarthy was a Republican Senator from which U.S. State?
2. Sen. Joseph McCarthy was able to make a name for himself by claiming to know of Communists working in which government department?
3. Sen. McCarthy served in the Marines from 1942-1945. What was his nickname?
4. Sen. McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, WV and his subsequent claims that the State Department employed Communists were investigated by a subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This committee is more commonly known by what name?
5. There is debate about when Sen. McCarthy's downfall began. Many claim that it began when he accused this man, then Secretary of Defense, of being a Communist sympathizer.
6. The impetus for Sen. McCarthy's investigation of the Army is generally attributed to the impending draft of one of his staffers. What was the man's name?
7. Sen. McCarthy originally began to investigate a U.S. Army operation at which Army base?
8. How many Communists did Sen. McCarthy successfully convict?
9. Who said to Joe McCarthy, "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency"?
10. In 1954 Sen. Joseph McCarthy became only the third senator (until that time) to have this fate befall him. What was it?
Source: Author
TheWildDove
This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor
bloomsby before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.