During World War l the Fear of Communism skyrocketed, but as the war was ending the Red Scare began to spread across the United States. Once the United States slowly started not concentrating on winning World War l, many americans became afraid that the communism might spread to the United States and threaten the nation's democratic values. However in 1919, the Communist Party of the United States was established. This party calls for the world's people to unite together to extend democracy, to eliminate racism and sexism, and to secure justice for all the people. The Communist Party seeks to convert the United States government to a political and economic system based on socialism. The Communist Party believes that the American government will naturally evolve into a communist as one. A communist system would consist of a classless society, where everyone, no matter their gender or race, would work together for their common benefit. Under communism, the party believes, everyone would be equal and own all property jointly. The Communist Party was established two years after Russian Revolution had overthrown the monarchy and established the Soviet Union. Many American Communists had been members of the socialist party of america, but that party's socialist leadership opposed the Russian revolution and expelled those members who supported it. The Communists were even more left-wing than the Socialists and attracted a number of radicals …show more content…
Communism ended because of the presidency of Ronald Reagan from 1981-1989. By defending communism Ronald Reagan ended one of history's most violent centuries. In his foreign policy, at any rate, he turned out to be one of the two or three most effective American presidents of the 20th century. It was hard to imagine that this would happen when he was elected in 1980. He accomplished a lot of hills during his life. Ronald Reagan was re-elected as President with the largest electoral college victory in US history and he changed the course of the Cold War through the Reagan doctrine. In December of 1991, two years after President Reagan left office, the Cold War ended when the Soviet Union was dissolved. President Reagan's prediction of the collapse of Soviet communism had come true. America and its allies had prevailed in the Cold War. President Reagan's policies of preserving peace through strength and promoting the advancement of democracy around the world significantly contributed to this …show more content…
To this day people now are thanking our 40th president named Ronald Reagan for ending the Cold War and the Fear of Communism in the United States. Reagan died in 2004 when he was ninety-three, but he left and huge legacy behind him and has played a very huge role in the people's lives in the United States. Thanks to him people today have long lasting jobs, money, and careers being