During the 1950’s, Communism was a major fear that Democratic nations such as America were afraid of because of its radical ideas. The actions taken due to the Red Scare and the rise of McCarthyism were necessary and completely justified to protect America’s freedom and government from Communist power. With an increase of Communistic nations invading other countries and forcing their ideas upon them there was an uproar of fear in the United States. The Domino Theory was a legitimate fear of if one nation falling to communism, every nation around it would fall as well. Focusing their attention to VIetnam especially, America increased military control in these regions. Multiple Legislative actions taken by the United States such as the creation of the HAUC and the Espionage and Sedition acts were necessary to stop threats to America’s freedom. The heated tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War contributed to the fear of an attack from the East. Senator McCarthy’s convincing accusations lead to many accurate accusations as well as the rise of McCarthyism. Valid points were brought up about president Roosevelt’s New Deal policies of having capitalistic characteristics. While some actions did take away the civil liberties of some Americans, and were not always accurate, they were necessary to protect American Democracy, as well as the safety of the citizens.
The Red Scare of the fifties was a very controversial time in American history. The
The whole nation was in terror of the possibility of being accused of communism. The postwar Red Scare is often called “McCarthyism,” That was when the Senator Joseph McCarthy a Republican from Wisconsin took the opportunity to join in the Politics of the United States. After a great time of social and economic instability, the start of the great depression and continued by the WWII McCarthy claim that "the government is full of communists." this was exactly what the Americans citizens were seeking; a scapegoat. This caused McCarthy to become very popular really fast. What McCarty promises was to get rid of the communism in the government of the U.S. by this accusations that McCarthy claim of "205 communists in the State Department" in our own government. It could feel a security environment over the American people once again. Joseph McCarthy not only destroyed some people's lives, he also damaged the American
Sam Roberts article, “A Decade of Fear” explains how McCarthyism turned Americans against each other because thousands of Americans were accused of being communists or supporting communists. Some leading targets that were very suspicious were educators and people working for the government. Individuals lost their jobs and were often sent to imprisonment. Sam Roberts stated, “ ..thousands of alleged Communists in the U.S. were arrested and deported during what became known as the Red Scare.” The Red Scare become the scandal during the first World War but by the end of World War II, the Soviet Union controlled most of Eastern Europe and installed Communist puppet regimes in countries like Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East Germany.
The Red Scare began as soon as the war ended. It was not the first of its kind, but arguably the most impactful, causing many problems in American culture, as well as creating a political war
After World War II, the United States entry through the bombing of Pearl Harbor stressed the important role that the United States would have among countries and other great powers like Germany, France and Britain. Through the Truman Doctrine and reparation acts for Germany, to re-establish their nation but now into a democratic one, the goal was to keep communism in one place through containment policies. The use of propaganda and the media helped set the stage for America to fear communism, thus it was necessary for communism to only be in the Soviet Union. Furthermore the Monroe Doctrine was invoked to further contain communism ideology. Even though this piece of legislation was passed in 1823, that clearly stated that no European nation
Did communism pose a threat toward the U.S. in the 1940’s? Or is it false that communism posed a threat toward the U.S. It took a great amount of reading to come up with my opinion. This usually doesn’t happen with a topic only if the subject’s question is difficult in this case it was. But in the end, I believe communism posed an indirect threat toward the U.S.
This site has series of debates on the USA as a communist state, this has several debates going on at the same time to make you think about the USA as a communist state. It also covers what would happen if the us fell to communism today. and if the us will ever fall. Currently the debate has a seventy five percent chance to fall to communism. The leading argument on the page says that the legislative branch is no longer respected by the executive branch and how they will take control as a dictator. Like in 1984 how we have big brother in control. It brings up how our own government is turning against us and homeland security is trying to squash local militias. Personal favorite speaks of how trump has rapidly passed his executive orders as
From the 1930’s to the 1950’s, many things were happening in the world. America went through the Great Depression and soon entered into World War II. But yet, one of the main topics during the 1930’s and 1950’s was Communism. Communism was a domestic threat to the U.S. because the country was afraid Communism would ruin the American way of life, the Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism all over the world, and some U.S. citizens participated in helping the Soviet Union secretly.
In the late 1940s and the early 1950s, United States citizens were left in tumult when they caught wind of the impending shadow of communism. This was the Red Scare, a period of time many people today use when describing mass hysteria and scapegoating. Communism in America
were not something that people disliked. The jobs they had to do were fair jobs and they made fair money. Women also worked during this time. Everyone held their own weight in a communism society. Women working brought in two sets of incomes into the household. This also made life a little easier. In order to have citizens obtain luxury goods, Gerhard described how he tried to obtain a car, “This coming March I could buy a car, if I had the money. Ten years ago I put my name in, and now I’ve learned that I can buy a Mazda 323. But it costs 25,000 Marks, which I just don’t have.” Here it shows how a simple luxury good that is so easily obtainable in America. The types of markets in East Germany were restrictive and extremely hard
Red Scare was spread in the United States during 20th century, when the power of communists were getting increasingly stronger all over the world. In a way, the fear is tightly bound up with the political decision and the radical changes of the American thoughts. As a leading progenitor of Red Scare within the United States, A.Mitchell Palmer initially addressed his fear of Soviet power in his article “The Case Against the Reds” in 1920. He criticized ,“Robbery, not war, is
Communism is a society where everything is all equal, and all are treated the same. In communism there is no lower class, middle class, or high class, there is only one class occupied by a leader.
Subsequent to the conclusion of the treacherous Second World War, America prepared itself for a period of peace. This peacetime was short-lived, as America’s tolerance for communism receded this issue became the forefront for American concern. The United States of America, also referred to as the USA or US, regarded communism as a strategic threat due to its hostility to private property and free markets, policies that many Americans associate directly to political freedom. Throughout the intense period in history identified as the Cold War, America’s attention was, for the most part, politically and economically occupied by the threat of global left wing expansion and methods aimed
In this phase America and Soviet Russia disbelieved each other. America always tried to control the Red Regime in Russia. Without any hesitation Soviet Russia established Communism by destroying democracy in the Poland, Bulgaria, Rumania, Hungery, Yugoslavia and other Eastern European Countries.In order to reduce Russia’s hegemony, America helped Greece and Turkey by following Truman Doctrine which came into force on 12 March 1947. According to Marshall Plan which was declared on 5 June, 1947 America gave financial assistance to Western European Countries.In this phase, non withdrawal of army from Iran by Soviet Russia, Berlin blaockade etc. made the cold was more furious. After the formation of NATO in 1949, the Cold War took a halt.In this
In the United States, people tend to believe that communism is always dystopian, and fear it. Although communism can be dystopian, it is not always, because the main ideology of communism is that every person is equal. The word “communism” is “derived from the Latin communis, meaning ‘shared’ or ‘common’” (Dagger, Ball). The meaning of the word itself shows that the idea of communism is not always malicious. The ideology of communism was originally created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in 1848. The reason the book was written was because the authors believed that the working class should control the government. They believed that in a truly communist society, there would be no “class divisions” (Dagger, Ball). Since communism involves
Despite the ending of World War II, the feeling of insecurity and danger was still very prevalent in the world. America had encountered new threats, only this time they were dealing with conflicts in Korea. In Addition to the new war in Korea, there were great efforts to prevent communism from entering the country as well as the combat of nuclear war threats (Powers). Problems with communism root back to World War II, when the United States and the Soviet Union fought against the axis powers as allies. The United States was concerned and suspicious of Soviet communism at the time, especially with dictator, Joseph Stalin, as the Russian leader. However, it was unsettling on both ends since the soviets despised the fact that Americans wouldn’t