Essays on Red Scare

What effect did communism have on the United States at home and abroad from the end of WWII until the 1990's? What effect did it have on U.S. domestic and foreign policy? Make sure you give examples to support your claim! The end of the Second World War marked the separation of the Allies and the beginning of the Cold War between two superpowers, the United States of America and the USSR. First of all, the Cold War was the conflict between two leading political ideologies, communism and capitalism. The key ideas of communism were completely opposite to capitalism, ...

The United States has very notable historical events. One of which is what is known to many as the McCarthy era. During the 1950s, communism is one of the great issues that many politicians are providing their views about it. Joseph McCarthy, one of the Republican Senators, has accused the hundreds of members of U.S. Department of State personnel as members of communist party. This proclamation came from his suspicion without having a concrete evidence against these individuals. From then on, the act of accusing without proper evidence has been named McCarthyism. This terminology was used many times on ...

How did the Cold War affect the growth of technology in the United States?

The Cold War that was ignited between the United States and the USSR after the Second World War has a considerable impact on the dramatic progress of science and technology. The end of WWII marked the rise of these two superpowers, that became threatened and suspicious of the motive of each other. That is, the USSR feared that the United States was leading a move towards imperialist expansion, while the latter was threatened of the possible expansion of communism by its former WWII ally. Not wanting to be upstaged by the other, it was under this climate of suspicion ...

The cold war was a state of military and political antagonism between the USSR and the United States. Initially, the US and the Soviet Union were allies in the fight against the Nazi of Germany. The alliance between the two countries started to crumble in 1945 after the war in Europe ended. The tensions were evident during the Potsdam conference since the two parties could not agree on a joint occupation of Germany. Although the US and the USSR were not directly involved in direct military campaigns; the war caused the loss billions of dollars and lives in several ...

The Cold War was a very interesting period in American history as it as much fought domestically and through negotiation of major institutions as much as it was a war in any traditional sense of the word. The Cold War in the United States was everywhere especially early between the end of World War II and 1960s. American society and culture negotiated with the Cold War in many different ways. It popped up as anxiety, fear and something that could actually work to change the country for the better. America’s anxieties with the Cold War were very prominently ...

It is truly a judgment to pick a decade describing the warp and woof of the US history, though the 1920s represent a perfect bridgehead for such reflections. The 1920s, to an enormous extent, resemble our contemporary era, with that crucial decade being a precursor of contemporary superfluity (Miller, New World Coming 1). Likewise, much of what is regarded modern in reality took place in the 1920s, such as jazz and psychiatry (Miller, New World Coming 1). The recovery of the US economy in that times contributed heavily to its subsequent participation in the Second World War. Following the ...

During the late 20th century, the USA was on two opposite sides. The New Right and The New Left. The New Right was another name for conservatism, and the New Left had counter-cultures, abortion, people in homosexual communities, and communism. The majority of the nation expected some change, and having a small government could be an answer to the problem. However, small governments had their own problems, and they ended up hurting the economy more. Conservatives attributed many issues to liberalism; for example, there was no relationship between AIDS and liberalism, but it was made an issue ...

- The Red Scare which occurred after the end of WW II was caused by many factors including the Soviet Communists acquiring nuclear weapons through stealing US bomb secrets via spies, the cold war with the Communism, some American and British Communist spies working with soviets being discovered, and an invasion of South Korea by Communist. Moreover, American politicians used these issues to instill fear and witch hunt so as to increase their positions or power. Some of the major results of the Red Scare were expatriation or deportation of foreigners and barring the socialists from office.

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When the Cold War commenced, the United States and the Soviet Union occupied different spheres of influence. On one hand, there was the Western Bloc that encompassed the Americans and their allies that advocated democracy in all spheres of society, particularly the economy. On the opposition side, there was the communist Soviet Union and its supporters forming the Eastern bloc. As per the words of the then British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, “an iron curtain has descended across the Continent” and involved countries were to choose a side (Sinews of Peace, 300). For that reason, more territories meant more economic ...

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The Cold war which was a term coined by Walter Lippman lasted from 1947 to 1991. After the World War II, the world was divided into two: the ‘liberated’ West and the socialist East. The two world powers headed by the United States of America and the USSR used media, literature, and entertainment to antagonize each other. It was a psychological warfare that aimed at winning the hearts and minds of people. Lippman coined the term cold war because of the lack of direct military war between the two powers. In the propaganda warfare, it distorted information gathered in the ...

Introduction

Witch-hunt is, and Red scare are mirrors to the humanity darkest side, which emerges in great moments of fear and illusion, mostly orchestrated by partners seeking to benefit from it. This paper in five sections seeks to elaborate by recounting parallels, similarities, and differences. This essay addresses Witch-Hunts, Then and Now, taking reference from the text The devil discovered. The paper further addresses the differences and similarities found between the “Salem witch-hunts” and the “Red scare” associated with the McCarthy era prosecutions of suspected Communists. In my opinion witch-hunt has remained in the contemporary society even after many years ...

- Introduction The fear of the unknown can paralyze a nation. For instance, during the early parts of the Cold War (1945-1990), despite US’ humanitarian efforts, there was the Red Scare or era of general fear of communists. Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957), an American politician, for example, even unscrupulously accused many U.S. citizens of being communists. He started the ‘witch-hunting’ of supposed communists and communist spies, which later became most familiarly known as McCarthyism (Storrs, 2013). Winston Churchill (1874-1965), a British national leader, aptly described the situation as the Iron Curtain or the impenetrable ideological barrier that demarcated democratic and communist ...

Abstract

This paper is aimed at discussing the history of labor unions in United States during World War-I period while presenting the situation after World War-I. The post-World War-I era of labor unions has been briefly touched upon right after the introduction of the paper. Various tactics used by employers as well as government to reduce unionization among labor is also briefed in this paper. The tactics mentioned in this paper include union busting, brute force against unions, strike breaking by students, and labor spies by the employers. The paper in ended by a concise conclusion while summarizing the main points ...

During the post-World War II era, with the rise of the Cold War and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, America itself began to fear the atom. With nuclear bombs already having been used to end World War II, the public realized that humanity had the potential to destroy the entire world with the push of a button. To that end, the United States government did everything it could to try to assuage the fears of a rightfully-worried public about the threat of nuclear destruction. Through the use of playful animation, propaganda films, and the futile strategies of fallout shelters, it is ...

Over the years, the labor union program has shaped the work place and how individuals work. Actually, the final two thirds of the 20th century proved to be a time of both opportunity and losses for both the workers and labor unions. Besides, 1930s and 1940s was a significant time for the unions has they got a lot of growth and freedom opportunities. Today, there are groups that view this unions has imperative element of workers wellbeing while others view them as a big problem to progress. The major significance of these unions was to bring together employed workers so that they could ...

- How successful were the programs of the New Deal in solving the problems of the Great Depression? Assess with respect to two of the following: Relief, Recovery, Reform. The Great Depression is a title of the economic depression in the world in the decade before the World War II. It was the longest and the deepest economic decline in 20th century. The Great Depression in the United States started in August, 1929, when economic recession was first observed in the country. The Wall Street Crash in 1929, the biggest stock market crash in the US history, signaled the ...

Introduction

Witch hunt is a term that originated from the medieval act of people actually seeking out suspected witches and accusing them of colluding with the devil to cause misfortune among the people. Most of the victims targeted by these persecutions happened to be innocent civilians and as such, often died for accusation they were not familiar with. This led to the development of the popular and modern application of the phrase witch hunt as the investigation, supposedly meant to uncover subversive activities but in actual sense used to harass and undermine those deemed to be of a dissenting view from the ...

The social and political changes taken in the course of the Civil Rights Movement were accomplished through dramatic action and powerful organization, using grassroots initiatives and the participation of women in the leadership process (though only at an intermediate level). Women slowly became an increasingly important demographic in the leadership of the Civil Rights Movement. Women chiefly occupied an intermediate leadership role, providing moderate leadership in many local and regional cells of civil rights organizations. These intermediate layers of local leadership became vital to the Civil Rights Movement, as the inclusion of women in the groups also provided needed ...

The Red Scare after World War I was a national widespread fear of communists after the Russian Revolutionary, enhanced by the patriotism following World War I. The Red Scare was provoked by growing fear and worry that the Bolshevik revolution in America was pending. It was a widespread misgiving of revolutionary political movements which were echoed in opposing labor union sentiments. The fears increased after a sequence of bombings by anarchists in 1919. The labor unions were viewed to be politically influenced. It was believed that the revolution would transform the church, home, marriage, courteousness, and the American manner of Life. ...