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AP US Government
Unit 3 – Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Topic 3.2
If during McCarthyism, Congress had upheld First Amendment rights above national security concerns, what likely impact would this alternate history show on American society?
The civil rights movement may not have occurred.
National security concerns would take precedence over individual liberties.
McCarthyism wouldn't emerge at all in American society.
Individuals suspected as communists would have enjoyed greater protections from persecution.
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