HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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created opposition to US involvement in Latin American affairs
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Encouraged the widespread fear of Communism
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strengthened the US Army
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encouraged the Americans to stand up for their civil rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Red Scare is the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state. The term is most often used to refer to two periods in the history of the United States which are referred to by this name.
Detailed explanation-2: -What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society? He encouraged a widespread fear of communism. divide the defeated Germany into four sectors-American, British, French, and Soviet.
Detailed explanation-3: -What actions of Joseph McCarthy worsened the national hysteria about communism?-McCarthy’s allegation of communists in the government and in the armed forces. How did the Rosenberg case fuel anti-communist feeling?
Detailed explanation-4: -The Red Scare was hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, which intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Detailed explanation-5: -On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted 67–22 to censure McCarthy, effectively eradicating his influence, though not expelling him from office.