Round 12: Tossup 18

A panic in Idaho during this decade was documented in the John Gerassi book The Boys of Boise. During this decade, Christine Jorgensen traveled to Denmark for gender affirming surgery. (10[1])Executive Order 10450 (-5[2])barred queer applicants to government jobs in this decade amidst the “Lavender Scare.” (10[3]-5[1])A senator who was censured in this decade was asked (10[1]-5[1])“Have you no sense of decency, sir?” (10[1])by Robert Welch. (10[1])During a speech in Wheeling in this decade, a Wisconsin senator claimed he had a list of 205 (10[3])traitorous government employees. For 10 points, in what decade did Roy Cohn and Joseph McCarthy prosecute supposed Communists during the Eisenhower presidency? ■END■ (10[2])

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