Red Scare

In a time where Communism (The “Red” of the red scare: reflecting Russia’s colors) was beginning to appear as a functional idea, the United States government began to crack down on believers in its own freedom filled land. One of the biggest spots the State’s government hit was one of its cultural…

In the 1940s and early 1950s Communism in America also known as the “Red Scare” was very powerful and affected the people in America. Communism is a social, economic, and political ideology. In America communism produced early, which brought an unprecedented economic crisis. The people are supposed to own everything communally, from business, and to food. Communism in America was affecting the peoples jobs and ruining their careers, because it was so effective and powerful, however the people…

The initial category includes the second Red Scare and the Korean war. The second Red Scare was predominantly the result of the threats and exaggerations of the senator Joseph McCarthy, who made it a priority to investigate and condemn any and all government employees in order to prevent infiltrations from the Communist…

public opinions, and diplomatic misunderstandings. The causes of the beginning of the Cold War was similar in nature to that of the Red Scare (1919-1920). The Red Scare began after the Bolshevik Revolution in the Soviet Union, when communist Vladimir Lenin took power, while the Cold War began after WWII ended and Soviet control grew under Joseph Stalin. Both the Red Scare and the Cold War indicated periods of paranoia against communist and radical politics. These two instances led to many…

Has a story about you ever been twisted? the Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory for the Red scare in the Mccarthyism era; in both stories people feared something whether it was witchcraft or communism. they also have people that twist the story to benefit themselves or others, and exaggerated rumors or lies just to help themselves or hurt others. Something as little as fear in people could really be big. Communism in the time period was really bad, people had thought that it was going to…

Massachusetts in 1692 when the town of Salem accused and hanged its citizens for witchcraft. Many parallels between witches and communists appear throughout Miller’s play; when linked, they form a political commentary on Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare, a time from the late 1940’s to early 1950’s when many Americans had fears about communists in their country. Arthur Miller wrote parallels between The Crucible and the McCarthy era because he wanted to express how the government’s accusations…

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Cold War and the Red Scare influenced science fiction in the 1950s. First, allusions to the Cold War will be examined to observe its prevalence in pop-culture. Second, Cold War symbolism will be examined to show how the writers and audience of science-fiction felt about the Cold War. Third, this paper will examine the depiction of scientific advancement because of the Cold War. The main reason that the science fiction genre was so popular during…

Imagine being an innocent person accused of being a communist and jailed. In the article about McCarthy and the Red Scare, Alan Brinkley states how the Red Scare started rumors that affected the way people acted. Alan Brinkley states in the article, “The Red Scares were fears when government officials and other groups promoted a fear of communism in the United States, which would overthrow capitalism and democracy” (Brinkley). The government starts to fear that there were communists in the…

How are Salem witch trials and the Red Scare similar? The Salem witch trials began in 1692 and the Red Scare in the fifties. However, both of these events are alike because they both involved a witch hunt against people with unpopular views. Although the Salem witch trials and Red Scare are decades apart, the similarities through the causes and the trial proceedings. One way the trial in Salem is like the communist scare involves fear and corrupt authority figures as the causes. In Salem the…

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. Another main cause is the Bolshevik revolution. The…