Question

Joseph McCarthy gained public attention by

a. defeating Dwight Eisenhower in the 1956 election.
b.criticizing the Supreme Court ruling in the Rosenberg case.
c.refusing to cooperate with a HUAC investigation.
d.claiming to have a list of communists in the government.

Answer 1

He denounced the presence of communists in the administration

Answer 2

Joseph McCarthy gained public attention by c. refusing to cooperate with a HUAC investigation.

The mostly noted example of McCarthyism comprises of the so-called investigations that was conducted by the Senator McCarthy and that of the hearings conducted by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

Here the rest of the options are eliminated.

They do not match with that of the given question.