The Dies Committee was originally designed to __________. A) ...

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Question 1

McCarthy's accusations reached absurdity when he claimed Communist agents included __________.
 
  A) President Eisenhower
  B) Secretary of State George Marshall
  C) Elvis Presley
  D) HUAC committeeman Richard Nixon

Question 2

The major importance of the Alger Hiss case was that __________.
 
  A) Hiss had clearly stolen top-security documents from the State Department
  B) Whittaker Chambers was convicted of perjury
  C) people began to place more importance on Hiss as a symbol than as an alleged spy
  D) it cast suspicions upon the Eisenhower administration for the first time

Question 3

The Dies Committee was originally designed to __________.
 
  A) recommend social welfare reforms
  B) identify and ferret out pro-fascists
  C) investigate communist conspiracies
  D) investigate Joseph McCarthy's background

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Answer 1

Answer: B

Answer 2

Answer: C

Answer 3

Answer: B