Question

What did McCarthy do first to get the public’s attention?

He claimed that 205 communists worked in the US State Department.

He uncovered solid evidence of communist influence.

He played a major role in helping Democrats win the presidency and gain control of both houses of Congress in 1952

Answer 1

He claimed that 205 communists worked in the US State Department.

In February 1950 McCarthy’s Wheeling, West Virginia speech asserting he had a list of 205 communists in the State Department is what first brought him national attention — the claim, not solid evidence.