Effects Of The Red Scare

Civil liberties include the freedom from torture, freedom from forced disappearance, freedom of conscience, freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, the right to security and liberty. Civil liberties are individual rights protected by law from unjust governmental or other interference. The Red scare is the rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the U.S after the Russian revolution. Terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. It is usually defined as involving the deliberate creation of fear though threat of violence, …show more content…
A nationwide fear of communist, socialists, anarchists, and other dissidents suddenly grabbed the American psyche in 1919 following a series of anarchist bombings. The red scare left an ugly legacy, wholesale violations of constitutional rights, deportations of hundreds of innocent people, fuel for the fires of natives and intolerance. Business groups, such as the national association of manufacture, found “Red-baiting” to be an effective tool in postwar efforts to keep unions out of their factories. The first red scare occurred during the years 1917-1920 and was caused by the Russian revolution of 1917 and the impact of world war one in America. In America the ww1 propaganda techniques of the creel commission used leaflets, movies, photographs, cartoons, pamphlets and posters to paint a terrifying picture of what might happen if the allies lost the …show more content…
The trials and investigations weren’t all that bad. They did uncover a number of actual soviet spies in the Federal government. There was 2 red scares. The civil liberty is the freedom of speech, the right to privacy, the right to be free from unreasonable searches of your home, the right to affair court trial, the right to marry, and also the right to vote. The first recorded use of terrorist was in 1795, relating to the Reign of Terror instituted by the French government. The use of terrorist to signify anti-government activities was recorded in 1866 referring to Ireland, and in 1883 referring to Russia. According to the US state department, there are at least 45 groups outside the united states. Currently, at least 7 “rogue states” – Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Sudan, North Korea, Cuba and now Afghanistan are accused by the U.S. of “supporting