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habits into his carrier. He was a deceiving and powerful man. He twisted all the information he obtained and used it against innocent people. Ultimately, nothing came out of his investigations except for fear and chaos.Joseph McCarthy was a United States Senator during the 1950s who ran a series of anti-communistic trials blaming many innocent Americans and essentially ruining their lives and or careers. It is interesting to notice that all of McCarthy’s bad habits and ways stemmed back to his…

the United States fought indirectly over political control over the world. The Cold War began after World War II and lasted up until the fall of the Berlin Wall. The term “Cold War” was used to describe the post war rivalry between the two…

Following the years of severely strained relations between the United States and Cuba, Cuban leader Fidel Castro openly declared that he is a Marxist-Leninist. Castro came to power in 1959 after leading a successful revolution against the dictatorial regime of Fulgencio Batista. Almost from the start, the United States worried that “Castro was too leftist in his politics”. He implemented agrarian reform, expropriated foreign oil company holdings, and eventually seized all foreign-owned property…

HUAC committee. In 1953 the HUAC subcommittee initiated hearings to “ascertain the character, extent and objects of Communist Party activities” carried out by teachers who are the “subject to the directive and discipline of the Communist party.” One of those called to testify before the committee was Francis X. T. Crowley, who admitted being a member of a club tied to the communist party while a graduate student at the University of Michigan and named Lloyd Barenblatt as a member of the club as…

throughout the world, but the United States wanted to keep communism within the Russian borders. They wanted to contain it. Containment was the United States’ attempt to keep communism from spreading, and it was done by giving aid to West Germany and fighting for South Korea in the Korean War. After World War…

War began not too long after World War II in 1945. It was a long period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union(USSR). During World War II U.S and Soviet Union were allies. But after the war each nation had different visons of the postwar world. The U.S remained deliciated to free market and democracy, while the USSR embraced private property and celebrated concentrated state authority. This caused the U.S to fear that Stalin, Soviet leader was going to want to be a…

American history that changed people’s views on communism. McCarthyism was when Republic senator Joseph McCarthy made hundreds of accusations against people in government claiming that they were communist spies or had been planted there by communist countries (Document 6). The idea that there could be communists in the government scared US citizens to death. The people’s fear bolstered support for wars overseas against countries that could have potentially become commmunist (Document 8).…

The United States went into the Cold War with good intentions, wanting to end the spread of communism. These efforts eventually led to better relations with the Soviet Union, now Russia, as well as China. However, most of these efforts were fueled by fear, especially following the second red scare. This fear led to democratic rights being infringed upon at home and abroad, and the tearing down of the governments of other nations in order to keep communism at bay, ruining the lives of millions.…

describe the events that occurred in the 1960’s between the United States and the Soviet Union. Bernstein’s approach to the topic comes off as a detailing of the events and raises questions about the motives behind each decision. Schwarz doesn’t look at both perspectives of the incident, and mostly describes the United States mistakes and takes an almost offensive stance against the Kennedy administration. Because the United States and the Soviet Union had emerged as major world powers after…

possibly have in mind to do to the United States. The American government instilled much of their fear in its own citizens towards the communist government. The Red Scare started shortly after the end of the World War 1 and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia by the Communists. This scare went world wide after the Communists had taken their first strike that took place in 1919. These communists called themselves the Reds because of…