1. What does the prologue state regarding the comparison between the 1919 Red Scare and the anti-communist activities of the McCarthy era?

2. What were McCarthy’s tactics and who were his targets?

3. What actions finally led to his discrediting in the eyes of the American people?

4. For what specific actions was he censured by the Senate?

5. In what other periods of American history have the American people and the national government persecuted a specific group of people?