Communism and anticommunist in the United States became a big thing throughout the country because many people feared for their lives because they did not know what was going to happen to them and where …show more content…
Truman issued an order, known as Loyalty Order, which made all the federal employees be determined if they were completely loyal to the U.S. government. Truman’s loyalty program was a big change of a startling development for a country that had the concepts of liberty and freedom of a political organization. Truman’s loyalty program was only one of the many activities that people questioned and occurred during the anticommunist hysteria known as the Red Scare.
The first part of the Red Scare happened after World War 1 because of many several reasons due to complex alliances that involved other countries (Jackson). The United States joined to support ally nations because the Red Scare triggered revolutions around the world; also, the United States had fears that fueled and blown up by the media, causing people to stress over what was going to happen (Jackson). This revolution became worldwide and caused fear of the chances that other countries might have this same type of revolution coming their way