Communism In Joseph Mccarthy's Red Scare

Did Joseph McCarthy create a “Red Scare” Joseph McCarthy gained attention through his rants about how the United States Government was corrupt and secretly housing Communism to soon blend with mainstream democracy in the United States. McCarthy provided little or no evidence to persecute said government officials, but just solely because of his fear of Communism. Joseph McCarthy used the “scare tactic” to turn the heads of American citizens from post-war recovery, to the spread of Communism within America. Instead of becoming united to stand against the spread of Communism, McCarthy created suspicion between citizens and the government, while also persecuting people that he accused to be Communist sympathizers, ultimately creating the “Red Scare.” McCarthy began to …show more content…
In a speech given by President Harry Truman he stated, “And this fiasco which has been going on in the Senate, is the very best asset that the Kremlin could have in the same operation of the cold war. And this is what I meant when I say that McCarthy’s antics are the best that the Kremlin could have.” As McCarthyism is happening in the United States, Soviet leader Josef Stalin dies of a stroke. His successor, Nikita Khrushchev begins thinking of ways to scare the United States with the fear of Communism, he states that “"We will take America without firing a shot…….We will BURY YOU! We can’t expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism. We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.” This quote from the Soviet leader just proves that McCarthyism is only destroying America from the inside out, making the United States as vulnerable as ever to Communist