How are Traits Passed from Parents to Offspring? A trait is a characteristic, such as color or size, that is inherited by an offspring from its parents. The genes that control a trait come in pairs, one gene from each parent. ... If a gene pair contains a dominant allele, then the offspring will show this dominant trait.
C. Communists
McCarthy claimed that he had a list of over 200 government officials who were suspected of having Communist sympathies. These men were put on trial and convicted of being a Communist without any real evidence to go upon. This was the first time that Americans ever became distrustful of the U.S. government.