THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Suspicions that the government agencies were downplaying Cold War threats
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Fears that communist spies were plotting to destroy the US
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Concerns that socialists and anarchists were leading American labor unions
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Worries that immigration and favorable tariffs were hurting American workers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Second Red Scare, which occurred immediately after World War II, was preoccupied with the perception that national or foreign communists were infiltrating or subverting American society and the federal government. The name refers to the red flag as a common symbol of communism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hysteria and Growing Conservatism The advances of communism around the world convinced many U.S. citizens that there was a real danger of “Reds” taking over their own country. Figures such as McCarthy and Hoover fanned the flames of fear by wildly exaggerating that possibility.
Detailed explanation-3: -What two spy cases increased fear of communism in the United States? Alger Hiss, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.