In a 1950 speech, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy claimed that __________
A) there were 205 Communists working in the State Department
B) Truman was a closet Communist
C) the army was ignoring the Communist threat
D) a military takeover of the United States by the Communists was imminent
Answer: A
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a. bolo. b. flat-topped spear. c. sword. d. microblade. e. javelin.