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Alger Hiss in 1947
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Question 969:

Alger Hiss

    (A)    was accused of being a communist and stealing state secrets in the 1930s and was convicted of lying under oath
    (B)    charged that Whittaker Chambers had given him State Department documents to give to the Soviets
    (C)    was exposed as a communist by Senator Joseph McCarthy
    (D)    strongly supported Richard Nixon's California Senate campaign
    (E)    testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee during the Hollywood Ten hearing



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