The following questions refer to the following excerpt.
"McCarthyism encompassed much more than the career of the Wisconsin senator who gave it a name. It was the most widespread and longest lasting wave of political repression in American history. In order to eliminate the alleged threat of domestic Communism, a broad coalition of politicians, bureaucrats and other anticommunist activists hounded an entire generation of radicals . . . destroying . . . all the institutions that offered a left-wing alternative to mainstream politics and culture. That . . . crusade . . . dominated American politics during the late 1940s and 1950s. It used all the power of the state to turn dissent into disloyalty and . . . drastically narrowed the spectrum of acceptable political debate."
— Ellen Schrecker, historian, Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America, 1998
Which of the following Cold War-era policies is most closely associated with the ideas expressed in the excerpt?
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a. Eisenhower's "New Look" defense policy, which stepped up production of the hydrogen bomb and developed long-range bombing capabilities
b. The Marshall Plan, an aid program to help European economies recover from World War II
c. The NSC-68 report warning that national survival in the face of Soviet communism required a massive military buildup
d. The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, which placed restrictions on organized labor that made it more difficult for unions to organize workers
