During the 1950s communism was a political issue in the United States which resulted in the accusation against various state agents of being Communist agents (option C)
Communism is a social, political and economic doctrine that proposes a State in which there is no private property, and social classes, and the means of production are their property.
This model is known to be part of the political inspiration of the Soviet Union, from its origin until its disintegration at the end of the 20th century.
During the 1950s several agents of the United States state were singled out as communist collaborators of the Soviet Union, because at that time, the United States was in opposition to the Soviet Union due to their ideological differences and technological and weapons competition.
One of the best known characters of this time was Senator Joseph McCarthy who became famous for pointing out more than 200 state agents to be communist collaborators of the Soviet Union and his main purpose as a congressman was to persecute and convict people who followed this stream of thought.
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