The correct answer is B) the charges were completely without merit.
The Senate Committee that investigated Senator McCarthy original claim of Communists in the government concluded that the charges were completely without merit.
Republican Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, accused that the federal government and the military were full of Communists. During the 1950s, the term “McCarthyism” referred to the hunt of Communist in the top spheres of the United States government. Many people suffered from those accusations because damaged their reputation. A Senate Committee investigated the situation and concluded that the charges were completely without merit.
The other options of the question were a) further investigation was necessary, c) hundreds of federal employees should be fired, and d) McCarthy should be removed from office.
