Question 1
When Harry Truman lost the opening presidential primary in New Hampshire in 1952,
a. he lashed out against his Democratic party rivals.
b. He switched his party affiliation to the Republicans.
c. He decided to drop out of the race.
d. He changed his campaign strategy and making an amazing comeback against Republican challenger Dewey in the November elections.
Question 2
When Democrat Millard Tydings of Maryland pronounced Joe McCarthy as a hoax and a fraud,
a. the cold warrior from Wisconsin physically attacked Tydings in the Senate.
b. the star of the anti-communist crusader began to fall.
c. McCarthy discredited his challenger with fake stories and manipulated photographs.
d. Americans began to doubt the claims of the Senator from Wisconsin and debate the merits of anti-communism more sensibly.
When Union troops pushed toward Richmond in June of 1862, these slaves crossed the Rappahannock Rive
Senator Joe McCarthy and his aide Roy Cohn (left) listen to testimony at the Army-McCarthy hearings ...
Warning signs of fraud.