Since the beginning of time, conflict among people results in major issues. Problems between the United States of America and various Communist countries resulted in nearly 50 years of conflict. After World War I, the first Red Scare spread throughout the country. Following World War II, a second Red Scare occurred. A second Red Scare occurred due to problems that started during the Cold War. The years following World War I, filled with strong patriotic feelings among Americans, gave many people sense of pride never discovered before. These feelings added to the following problems. The first Red Scare occurred during the last portion of the 1920’s. Belief that the spread of communism would inevitably happen led to worry. The Russian Revolution
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This led to the raids on suspected terrorists and spies from the Soviet Union and other communist countries. Alexander Palmer used the country’s feelings to go against the Constitution and deport citizens back to their native country. With his anti-radical views, Palmer helped arrest between 4,000 and 6,000 members of the Communist party(“The Palmer Raids”). Multiple raids led to unjust arrests and unfair trials for these immigrants. Deported on a boat nicknamed, “The Soviet Ark,” 250 Russian immigrants headed back to their homeland. In the midst of the Palmer Raids, Alexander helped created the Federal Bureau of Investigation(“The Red Scare”). This led to even more wrongdoing by the government. Federal agents, with instruction from Palmer, raided homes of suspected anarchists without search warrants. Nearly 5,000 immigrants, held captive in prisons, had no legal counsel. Palmer talked about how civil liberties of citizens ranked less important compared than finding the problem. Unlawfully targeting and persecuting immigrants within the country did help capture Soviet spies through the raids setup by Palmer. Alexander Palmer and the Federal Bureau of Investigation would continue to unlawfully target immigrants until the end of the first Red Scare in 1920(“The Palmer …show more content…
Tensions between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc continually increased. The Western Bloc consisted of the United States of America and NATO allies while the Eastern Bloc consisted of the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism throughout the world and claim more territory to control(“The Cold War”). This led Western Bloc countries, such as The United States, to attempt to stop the spread of Communism. America’s biggest fear at the time, Communism, began to steadily increase in threat. Already spread to North Korea and Cuba, The United States’ government decided that it would spread no more(“Red Scare- Cold War”). Nuclear tensions had risen and many people worried that a nuclear war would start between the countries. In full effect, the space race caused countries to fight for the title of “The first in space.” Cuba’s leader, Fidel Castro, met with Soviet officials on several occasions and finally decided that Cuba would declare itself a Communist state. After several attempts of arming nuclear weapons in Cuba, The United States invaded the Bay of Pigs. Although the United States never fought the Soviet Union, allies of both countries did fight in other countries during the Cold War. After years of tension between the Blocs, the Soviet Union began to fall apart and the threat deteriorated.(“The Cold
This led to the raids on suspected terrorists and spies from the Soviet Union and other communist countries. Alexander Palmer used the country’s feelings to go against the Constitution and deport citizens back to their native country. With his anti-radical views, Palmer helped arrest between 4,000 and 6,000 members of the Communist party(“The Palmer Raids”). Multiple raids led to unjust arrests and unfair trials for these immigrants. Deported on a boat nicknamed, “The Soviet Ark,” 250 Russian immigrants headed back to their homeland. In the midst of the Palmer Raids, Alexander helped created the Federal Bureau of Investigation(“The Red Scare”). This led to even more wrongdoing by the government. Federal agents, with instruction from Palmer, raided homes of suspected anarchists without search warrants. Nearly 5,000 immigrants, held captive in prisons, had no legal counsel. Palmer talked about how civil liberties of citizens ranked less important compared than finding the problem. Unlawfully targeting and persecuting immigrants within the country did help capture Soviet spies through the raids setup by Palmer. Alexander Palmer and the Federal Bureau of Investigation would continue to unlawfully target immigrants until the end of the first Red Scare in 1920(“The Palmer …show more content…
Tensions between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc continually increased. The Western Bloc consisted of the United States of America and NATO allies while the Eastern Bloc consisted of the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism throughout the world and claim more territory to control(“The Cold War”). This led Western Bloc countries, such as The United States, to attempt to stop the spread of Communism. America’s biggest fear at the time, Communism, began to steadily increase in threat. Already spread to North Korea and Cuba, The United States’ government decided that it would spread no more(“Red Scare- Cold War”). Nuclear tensions had risen and many people worried that a nuclear war would start between the countries. In full effect, the space race caused countries to fight for the title of “The first in space.” Cuba’s leader, Fidel Castro, met with Soviet officials on several occasions and finally decided that Cuba would declare itself a Communist state. After several attempts of arming nuclear weapons in Cuba, The United States invaded the Bay of Pigs. Although the United States never fought the Soviet Union, allies of both countries did fight in other countries during the Cold War. After years of tension between the Blocs, the Soviet Union began to fall apart and the threat deteriorated.(“The Cold