<span>The second industrial revolution or the Technical Revolution was an electric revolution. Many problems arose during this era - the gap between the rich and the poor grew, unemployment remained unsolved, and economic growth was unstable, with the world economy experiencing harsh depressions. However, innovations such as the development of railroads resulting to an economical transportation of goods, massive production of iron and steel, and the evolution of electricity as a source of power were brought by the second industrial revolution.</span>
The fact that McCarthyism was so widespread and powerful tells us that American anxiety was extremely strong back then. After the World War II, the U.S. were victorious, but so were the Soviets. So, the two great economic and political powers opposed each other from the ideological point of view: communist vs. capitalist propaganda took place. McCarthyism didn't just try to protect the American way of life and capitalist ideology. It ascertained that everyone who wasn't for it was in fact against it, thereby declaring enemies everywhere, instilling fear and paranoia into every citizen. In the course of establishing the cultural notion of "American dream", the red anti-capitalist discourse (which had already been present in popular culture) was unwelcome and had to be banished.
The answer is C.personal income tax