The Rise Of Communism During The Nineteenth-Century

At the end of the 1940’s and the beginning of the 1950’s, the United States were in the midst of the Second Red Scare and a fear that Communism might over throw the American way of life. Cold War tensions were at an all time high, which only fueled the widespread fears of Communist subversion. It was here that Senator Joseph McCarthy became a public face when he began making claims that the U.S. Government, as well as many other areas of the country, including the entertainment industry, had been invaded by Soviet and Communist spies, looking to destroy America from within. Hearings before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood Blacklisting, and anti-communist activity from the FBI soon followed. McCarthy was under intense analysis

Australia didn’t consider communism as a great threat until after World War II where communism had reached Asia and was right at the doorstep of Australia. The cold war was a period of tension, rivalry and distrust between the most powerful countries- USA who represented Capitalism and the Soviet Union (represented Communism). Communism is a political system that was created by Karl Marx, where the government controls everything including transport, education, property, agriculture and there is little private ownership. The wealth of the country is shared equally into society and each person is paid according to their abilities and needs. The Menzies Liberal Government was determined to fight communism which was spreading to the Asia pacific

Communism played a major role shaping the 20th century, both for the East and the United States. Its impact can be seen in the US from 1919 to the 1990s and even today. The spread of Communist ideals in the East meant the beginning of the socialist state and mass industrialization. Its effect on the US was much different. The United States people, heavily diversified of all races, religions, and financial statuses, became extremely jingoistic as a result of competition with the USSR. This nationalism became unhealthy as citizens began determining what was “un-American.” The Communist Party USA was not successful in their primary objective of spreading communism to the US. What they did achieve however was hugely important. They showed that citizens of the United States could be scared out of their own freedom. That fear would lead them to give up “liberty and justice for all”. Still a highly misunderstood idea, it is important for citizens of the United States to understand what communism is and what impact the CPUSA and other communist organizations had on the country.

Our federal government involvement with communism during the mid-1950s is what made the Communist threat such a big concern or obsession for the general public. Between the 1940s and 1950s, almost every government agency was on a crusade against Communists. Although the name for this phenomenon was taken from Senator McCarthy, McCarthy wasn’t the one that held the most influence in the development of McCarthyism. It was the executive branch of the government. This branch brought up concerns about national security and built the foundation for the anti-Communist campaign to operate on. The main reason for this was to gain support for the Cold War and obtain bipartisan backing for foreign policy. Truman and his administration were worried that

Their interrelation was overlapping rather than sequential although the whole book was written chronologically. The 1912-13 Balkan Wars challenged the imperial rule of Russia, together with other empires, by revealing diverse social dynamics there and Russian Empire’s weakness in controlling its peripheries. Therefore, the Empire applied violence to deal with its borderlands’ unrest and later with the social disorder in metropole. The year of 1917 but only witnessed the culmination of state failure culminated, but also the expanded forms and scope of the social disaster. Although the social disaster dominated the post-1917 Russian Civil War, it initiated in the pre-war period, as the reinforcement of the state rule after the 1905 Revolution showed. Moreover, nationalism did not play that much significant role in the process of decolonization, as many scholars anticipated. The long history of the Russian Empire and its long-term civic relationship with the peripheries in prewar period showed that nationalism did not dominate imperial subjects. While the subsequent fact, the trend toward “state-strengthening” rather than the collapse of the empire after the 1905-1907 crisis, further confirmed that decolonization was not necessarily caused by

After World War 1, the world was left displaced with different types of governments. Communism arose as one of the prominent governments in the world, causing a big conflict. At that time, Catholics stepped up in the attempt to end Communism. One person who played a main role in leading the Catholics against Communism was Bishop Sheen. Sheen writes, “Sheen advocated a militant stand by the Church along with a militant spirit of democracy, confident that the Church's position would be vindicated, and that good would triumph over evil”. (An American Catholic Response to the Twentieth Century Pg. 67). Fulton wrote many books, bringing the church together to go against Communism. The Paschal Mystery that Fulton wrote about was the ending of Communism

In the early 1920s’ America, threats of communism were everywhere. With the recent overthrow of the Russian ruler, panic started to set in. Americans were scared of this because the Communists showed how powerful they really were. Even though World War I in Germany ended, a new war started, turning in a new direction. It became a war against “... anything un-American - which in 1919 meant radical or red” (Palmer Raids). A communist party formed in the United States, reaching a peak of seventy thousand members. Almost immediately after the government found out about this, the Committee of Public Information started pouring out propaganda promoting the American way of democracy. This sparked the beginning of the Red Scare. Being a scary moment in American history, Alexander Mitchell Palmer tried to take matters into his own hands by killing and deporting thousands of Americans.

From the tzars to the Slavophiles to the Soviet Union it is a common question if Russia has ever had true nationalism. They certainly had nothing of the sort prior to the revolution. They lacked many key factors like industrialization and a population ready to move beyond archaic religious beliefs. The Slavophiles I would also assert laid the foundation for Russian nationalism. They rejected the west and set the example for a truly Russian identity. As for the Soviet Era, I would argue that it was nationalism, but very complicated nationalism. Nationalism with a small part monarchy as well. However, it was certainly developing during the Soviet Era. Since the wall has come down many scholars are now studying the subject. One thing is definite:

The U.S. has considered Communism the greatest threat before and after WW2 and the civil war. It also worked very well in China. During the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy unfairly accused a number of innocent people of being communist and traitors.

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

It would have been curious to see what communism could have done for black people in America between the 1920s – 1960s, but much like the rest of the world, the implementation theory was mired in personal grudges and beliefs. The people of America and their government, especially, were so afraid that under that despicable black skin of their underclass they would find naturally occurring red, red blood, red muscle, red sinew, something resembles a human being worthy of equality and fair treatment. The pre-cold war attack on black activism was not about communism at all, but white fear. It didn’t have to be communism, it could have been atheism, Islam, socialism, it could have been their skin alone it was just that communism was the most readily

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

The 19th century was the start of many innovative ideologies that changed history. Not only have these ideologies helped shape the structure of our lives, but they have also changed the way our people and historians view the world around us. Powerful advanced ideas about science, philosophy, religion, psychology and sociology were formed during this century. It can be disputed that no other time period in the world had so many ideas about the best ways integrate themselves in the ever-changing world and have such a positive impact. On the outskirt of the Enlightenment, 19th century activists and thinkers came up with new ways to approach society, economics, and political systems. Out of all the incredible ideas that came from the 19th century Socialism and Liberalism are two of the most important. They are ideas that can still be seen in parts of today’s society and have had dramatic effects on the shaping of our world.

If the United States had stopped the spread of Communism, history might have been changed in that China, Cuba, and North Korea might not be the Communist states they are today.

The strategic and tactical decision for the United Kingdom in the protracted conflict was to limit the expansion of Communism. Since the establishment of the Bolshevik state through the October Revolution of 1917, Britain feared the expansion of Communism not only in the British Empire and the European continent but also the domestic threat. The Communist threat within Britain was a concern for British decision makers. This was evident with the increased membership in the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), which at its peak reached 56,000 members in December of 1942. Moreover, the end of the First World War saw the development of the British Labour Party, a socialist political party that was closely linked to the working class and labour unions in Britain. The rise of