Round 10: 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[1])barred (-5[1])queer applicants to government jobs in this decade amidst the (-5[1])“Lavender Scare.” (10[3]-5[1])A senator who was censured in this decade was asked (-5[1])“Have you no sense of (10[1])decency, sir?” by Robert Welch. During a speech in Wheeling in this decade, a Wisconsin senator claimed (10[1])he had a list of 205 traitorous (10[1])government employees. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])in what decade did Roy Cohn and Joseph McCarthy (10[1])prosecute supposed Communists during the Eisenhower presidency? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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