The world was in turmoil. Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, had invaded Europe quickly and aggressively. America was adamant about staying out of the war, until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, a peaceful Sunday morning. In 1942, Germany invaded the USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The USSR, led by Stalin, begged America to come help, but the United States stalled and stayed in England to prepare for an invasion in 1944. Although the United States had lost a devastating amount of people (1,009,000), the USSR lost 23,954,000, a whole generation. After Hitler was finally stopped, the United States asked for the USSR’s help with Japan. The USSR refused. They had lost enough men. After the war ended, both in
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Truly, everyone was fearful of their neighbors being communist, but after publicly acknowledging that there were communists living in the United States, the fear grew into full terror. Everyone was scared that their neighbors, teachers, coworkers were working for the Soviets. No one trusted anyone new who moved in, and everyone was either scared of being around the communists or being accused of being communist. However, most accusations were not true. The term McCarthyism is now defined as making accusations without proper evidence. The people accused were mistreated, fired from their much needed jobs, and thrown in jail. An example of this, could be seen with Helen Keller. Helen Keller was a deaf blind woman who was a political activist. Newspapers praised her and her ability to carry out great things despite her disabilities. However, after she expressed her socialist views, she was criticized and rudely acknowledged. Although she had not worked for the Soviets and had only been part of the socialist party, the fear of communism and McCarthy’s announcement had driven people to be unkind or mistreat Keller in fear that they too would be accused of being a communist and Soviet Spy. Again, however, this fear of communist spies were not unfounded. Ethel and …show more content…
No, it wasn’t just a race for scientific knowledge, it was a race for power. A race the United States lost to. On the 4th of October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the satellite, Sputnik. The fear of the satellite was not only because the Soviet Union could send missiles towards the United States, but because they could spy on the American people. They could see the American people and can watch them. The American people just lost their right to privacy and the fear that the Soviet Union can spy on them increased. Fear of being watched is truthfully a fear no one wants. In horror movies, some of the worst moments is knowing that the murderer is watching the protagonist, unknowingly to them. The people, already viewing the Soviet Union as controlling and powerful, knew that the USSR had the power now to watch America. Fear and anger towards a country who could watch them and kill them increased. In today’s world, with modern technology, everyone can be watched. This is reality. The fear of being watched is still here today, and this wouldn’t have happened if the Soviet Union hadn’t launched Sputnik during the Cold War. Sputnik launched a fear of being watched and a hate for a country that took the right of privacy
Truly, everyone was fearful of their neighbors being communist, but after publicly acknowledging that there were communists living in the United States, the fear grew into full terror. Everyone was scared that their neighbors, teachers, coworkers were working for the Soviets. No one trusted anyone new who moved in, and everyone was either scared of being around the communists or being accused of being communist. However, most accusations were not true. The term McCarthyism is now defined as making accusations without proper evidence. The people accused were mistreated, fired from their much needed jobs, and thrown in jail. An example of this, could be seen with Helen Keller. Helen Keller was a deaf blind woman who was a political activist. Newspapers praised her and her ability to carry out great things despite her disabilities. However, after she expressed her socialist views, she was criticized and rudely acknowledged. Although she had not worked for the Soviets and had only been part of the socialist party, the fear of communism and McCarthy’s announcement had driven people to be unkind or mistreat Keller in fear that they too would be accused of being a communist and Soviet Spy. Again, however, this fear of communist spies were not unfounded. Ethel and …show more content…
No, it wasn’t just a race for scientific knowledge, it was a race for power. A race the United States lost to. On the 4th of October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the satellite, Sputnik. The fear of the satellite was not only because the Soviet Union could send missiles towards the United States, but because they could spy on the American people. They could see the American people and can watch them. The American people just lost their right to privacy and the fear that the Soviet Union can spy on them increased. Fear of being watched is truthfully a fear no one wants. In horror movies, some of the worst moments is knowing that the murderer is watching the protagonist, unknowingly to them. The people, already viewing the Soviet Union as controlling and powerful, knew that the USSR had the power now to watch America. Fear and anger towards a country who could watch them and kill them increased. In today’s world, with modern technology, everyone can be watched. This is reality. The fear of being watched is still here today, and this wouldn’t have happened if the Soviet Union hadn’t launched Sputnik during the Cold War. Sputnik launched a fear of being watched and a hate for a country that took the right of privacy