During the postwar Red Scare, many individuals suspected of communist sympathies experienced persecution and destruction of their careers __________.
A. after solid proof was examined in court
B. based on little more than suspicion and vague accusations
C. in only a handful of rare cases
D. only when they admitted Communist Party membership
Answer: B
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