Round 12: Tossup 18

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

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