Question

“ladies and gentlemen, can there be anyone here tonight who is so blind as to say that the war is not on? can there be anyone who fails to realize that the communist world has said, ‘the time is now’ - that this is the time for the showdown between the democratic christian world and the communist atheistic world? ... the state department is infested with communists. i have here in my hand a list of 205 (individuals) that were known to the secretary of state as being members of the communist party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the state department.”
sen. joseph mccarthy

“we are going to continue to fight communism. now i am going to tell you how we are not going to fight communism: we are not going to transform our free fbi into a gestapo secret police. that is what some people would like to do. we are not going to try to control what our people read and say and think. we are not going to turn the united states into a right - wing totalitarian country in order to deal with a left - wing totalitarian threat.”
president harry s. truman

what is the claim in president truman’s excerpt?
○ we will no longer fight communism
○ we will use the fbi as a secret police force
○ the united states will not try to control what people read, say or think.
○ the united states will embrace right - wing totalitarianism

Explanation:

President Truman's excerpt states the U.S. will fight communism but not by adopting authoritarian tactics, specifically noting it will not control what people read, say, or think. The other options directly contradict his statements: he says they will continue fighting communism, will not turn the FBI into secret police, and will not become a right-wing totalitarian state.

Answer:

The United States will not try to control what people read, say or think