Answer:
The correct answer is that thousands were accused of being communist sympathizers.
Explanation:
Joseph McCarty was a US Senator that became famous for his accusations of people from all walks of life of being a communist sympathizers during what is known as the Second Red Scare that occurred in the late 1940s and the the early 1950s. During this time once again the fear of communism and the communist spies has reached a peak in the American society.
