The ‘Red Scare’ was a method of promoting fear and terror of the potential rise of communism. The aim of this study is to see whether there was a ‘Red Scare’ in the United States and if so what was the major factor which contributed to the ‘Red Scare’. We have been provided with the following to investigate: World situation and spread of communism in the relevant years, conspiracy theories and McCarthy seeing whether he was a major factor to the Red Scare and whether he was successful in the tactics and personal qualities he used. From my understanding, Americans feared communism ever since the communist revolution successfully managed to overthrow the Russian Royal family in 1917. By the time, WWII ended it was not long until relations between
