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Joseph McCarthy always appeared before television cameras with loose sheets of paper, which he could wave at the camera and claim contained the names of what persons?

Answer 1

Enemies of the USA primarily communists.

McCarthyism, which reflected the hysteria in the USA during the height of the Cold War and fear of the Soviet Union and a nuclear attack, destroyed the careers of many prominent Americans, particularly in the arts, where screen writers and directors were blacklisted.

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Answer 2

Zoe Anderson

Joseph McCarthy claimed that the loose sheets of paper he waved at television cameras contained the names of individuals whom he alleged were communists or sympathizers with the Communist Party.

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