Respuesta :
McCarthyism - A.) An overlealous pursuit of suspected communists
Answer:
A. an overzealous pursuit of suspected communists
Explanation:
He is known for alleging that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere
McCarthyism is the term describing a period of intense anti-Communist suspicion in the United States that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the mid to late 1950s. ... The period of McCarthyism is also referred to as the Second Red Scare.
