Senator Joseph McCarthy presided over a period known as "McCarthyism" that involved which of the following countermeasures?

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Senator Joseph McCarthy presided over Senate hearings and investigations, targeting individuals suspected of being communist or having communist sympathies during the 1950s. This period became known as "McCarthyism" and was characterized by aggressive investigations and blacklisting of people who were suspected of having leftist or communist beliefs. The other options listed were not directly related to McCarthyism. The Palmer Raids occurred in 1919-1920 and were carried out by then-Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer to arrest and deport suspected anarchists and communists. Internment camps were used during World War II to forcibly relocate Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Suspension of the writ of habeas corpus occurred during the Civil War and was used to arrest and imprison individuals suspected of being Confederate sympathizers without trial.

Senator Joseph McCarthy Presided Over a Period Known as "McCarthyism