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Primary Sources- Famous Speeches: Joseph McCarthy's “Enemies from Within”

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Read the passage Famous Speeches: Joseph McCarthy's “Enemies from Within.” Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Famous Speeches: Joseph McCarthy's “Enemies from Within.” Then answer the questions below.
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According to McCarthy, what opposing belief systems did the United States and the Soviet Union hold?

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Which statements best reflect McCarthy's perspective on the Soviet Union? Select two correct answers.

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Drag each quotation from the source into the correct box based on whether the statement is a fact or an opinion.

  • "Five years ago, the United States and its allies emerged victorious from the second world war."
  • "In 1944, there were 180 million people controlled by the Soviet Union. Today, only six years later, there are 800 million people under the absolute domination of Soviet Russia — an increase of over 400 percent."
  • "There will be no real peace or safety until these twisted, warped thinkers are swept from the national scene."
  • "If the communist half of the world triumphs, its atheism will more deeply wound and damage mankind than any conceivable economic or political system."
  • Fact
  • Opinion