Who led a hunt for communists in the United States in the 1950s?


Congressman Richard Nixon


research scientist Julius Rosenberg


FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover


Senator Joseph McCarthy

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Answer:

The term refers to U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) and has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting from the late 1940s through the 1950s.

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Joseph McCarthy! hope this helps!