WorksheetsJoseph McCarthy reader #180 by Carole Marsh
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 4hrs 0mins
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was born in what year?
1910
1902
1909
1908
Did Joseph go to high school?
yes
no
What kind of degree did Joseph earn in college?
law degree
teaching degree
medical degree
engineering degree
Which branch of military did Joseph join?
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
What was his nickname in the marines?
Junior
Tailgunner Joe
Mean Joe
Bubba
What year did Joseph run for U.S. Senate?
1946
1942
1940
1950
Was Joseph an honest Senator?
yes
no
Where did Joseph want to see his name?
on TV and in the newspaper
up in lights
on street signs
on buildings
What were Communists called by Joseph in the 1950s?
Commies
Reds
bad guys
Nazis
Did Americans believe the stories Joseph told about spies working for Russia?
yes
no
What did Joseph call people at work if they did something wrong?
lazy
dummy
a Red
a quitter
Who did Joseph start to investigate that made President Eisenhower mad?
his wife
the President
the Senator
the Army
The President and all of the other Senators loved Joseph McCarthy.
true
false
What did Edward R. Murrow do that made Joseph look very, very bad?
made a TV show about him
wrote a book about him
took a picture of him
told a lie about him
When did Joseph McCarthy die?
March 23, 1952
May 2, 1957
January 28, 1968
May 19, 1950
Years later documents were released that proved what?
Joseph was crazy.
Joseph was in jail.
Joseph was wrong about everything.
Joseph was right about many people.
