The Soviet Union on the other hand was the polar opposite. They believed in a communistic form of government, believed in workers revolting against business owners, and they wanted to control countries between Russia and Germany. The United States believed that the spread of communism needed to come to a halt because it posed a threat to their economic prosperity and their “freedom” as American people (Document G). It was this complete and utter distaste for communism that increased tensions between…
and was against the American backed gov. in Cuba After WWII, Communism took political role in Greece, France, US, and Italy Fear ensued in the US of communism, aka McCarthyism New communist organizations developed to unite parts of communism (Comitern,…
In the late 40s and early 50s the Chinese Nationalist forces under Chaing Kai-Shek fell to the Communist forces of Mao Zedong. This created a lot of fear in the American people. They witnessed almost all of China and Korea fall into communism. This created the Red Scare in which Americans started to become scared because they didn’t want to fall into communism as well. The Red Scare in which is what led into the creation of McCarthyism.…
The cold war alliance was between the Soviet Union and the U.S. but was intensified during the late 1940’s and the early 1950’s. The communists in the U.S. eventually became known as the Red Scare. They were also to referred as “Reds.” During the constant attacks, the United States left Communists and leftist sympathizers inside America. While the United States was trying to find a peaceful way to end the Cold war, but the Soviet Spies posed a threat to America.…
During the start of the Cold War, the Soviet and the American separated into two political, communist and capitalist. During the era of war crisis, American feared that the Soviet plans a…
The Red Scare:1920 The Red Scare of 1920, starting in the middle of the first world war and ending about three years after. It was the wide spread panic across America, the fear of communism mixed with political racism. The Red Scare started from different causes, including the Bolshevik Revolution and World War one, the growing fear of immigration, radical and the socialist party, many different people played large and important roles.…
It was a reaction to the Russian Revolutions, mail bombs, strikes, and riots that were occurring. Wartime repression of dissent continued into the late 1910’s, reaching its peak during 1919-1920 with the Red Scare. People began to become convinced that events like the steel strike were part of a communist theory. The fear of communism was not a tangible fear, however it was one that was posed among society as a whole. Fears such as strikes, riots, and bombs were much more realistic fears.…
As any American teen that has been exposed to pop culture or any form of political media knows, Communism is the root of all evil. Many people would laugh at that statement while also acknowledging that there is some truth to that – at least in America –. The very fact that it 's this widely understood notion that teens do not even question it says something about its depth in American history. So, it’s time to understand Communism and its impact on American society and politics. However, since Communism has a fairly long history, we are going to mainly focus on the 1920s Red Scare.…
It was America versus the Soviet Union. It was Communism versus Democracy. It was a power struggle. Mostly it was an overreaction and misunderstanding of Soviet intentions. America had this intense fear of the spreading of communism.…
They wanted different things. One group wanted the government to control everything and a different group wanted freedom. So, eventually they started arresting people and taking them back to the countries that they came from. The government has a strong hold on things, so during the 1940’s and 50’s they decided to take action. Alan Brinkley states, “Forty-four out of the 48 state governments in the United States passed laws between 1949 and 1955 to suppress communist activities” (Brinkley).…
The United States viewed this as a threat, specifically because communism was a direct contrast to its own beliefs and ideologies. In addition to their strong belief in communism, the Soviet Union was also different from previous powers due to its aim to spread its faith around the world. The Soviet Union, unlike…
The overall fear of communism within the United States began in 1919, where which Americans…
The question of whether or not Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti received a fair trial is still in dispute today. Many people during the time of the case believed that the men were “executed on murder based on doubtful ballistic evidence” because of the hostility towards immigrants due to the Red Scare and World War 1 (“Perfect Suspects, Unfair Trials”). The evidence provided during the trial showed that the men were found guilty due to the fact that they were in anarchist groups and were active members of multiple militant groups. Sacco and Vanzetti were victims of intense xenophobia because of being Italian immigrants. This gave the courts the ability to declare a verdict on their ethnicity; therefore, we now have laws to protect the defendant from an unfair trial.…
The stronger communism was, the bigger the threat for the democratic government. More fear was brought in because people in the United States had already been caught selling secrets to the Soviet Union, and the closer communism got to the United States the more terrified everyone was. The time to battle communism was now, before it was too…
As the first socialist country in the world, Russia had a lengthy and tough time to change and develop the country in 1917. The Russian Revolution of 1917 covers the major events such as the February Revolution and the October Revolution that result in the established of the Soviet Union. The Russian Revolution caused the encounter of labors and people. Their sacrifices and protests eventually made the revolution come true. Since the socialist government overthrew the czarist government, there were both political and economic exchanges occurred in the revolution.…