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Unit 8 – The Postwar Period and Cold War, 1945–1980
Topic 8.3
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
A U.S. Senator who claimed to have a list of communists in the government
An early proponent of communism
A civil rights activist known for Black Nationalist ideas
A candidate for president in 1964 who ran on the idea of a "Great Society"
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