Essay On The Red Scare
The Red Scare
In the early 20th century the United States was taken over by a movement of anti-communism ideals and propaganda, all of which was prompted by a silent but deadly war (no pun intended) that was taking shape between the largest superpowers the world has ever seen to that point. The capitalist United States, and the Communist Soviet Russia. This conflict now known as the Cold War, had rippling impacts into the The social movement that took place in the United States is now known as the “Red Scare”, during this period of time there was a change in the relationship between the people and the government, as well as that between the media and the government. The Red scare had a significant impact in the overall life of people day to …show more content…
There was propaganda put out by the government itself to further this fear and mistrust, of course it was untrue. The author of (“Anti-Communism in the 1950s”, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, ) with their quote “By its very nature, propaganda distorts the truth or tells outright lies. , would agree with the fact that the images were for the purpose of spreading lies. The images were only one of the many mediums that helped to shape the growing Anti-communists movement during the Red Scare era. The relationships between the people and the government as the United States government began to try citizens in court for the suspicion of being communists based on nothing more than just the hearsay of their neighbors. These trials, labeled “The Mccarthy Trials” after the spearheader of the trails, were publicized and televised as well thanks to the newly formed media outlet. The Red scare was a time period in which many rights were violated in what officials thought to be seeking of justice, and led to a disillusionment in the government on part of the
In the early 20th century the United States was taken over by a movement of anti-communism ideals and propaganda, all of which was prompted by a silent but deadly war (no pun intended) that was taking shape between the largest superpowers the world has ever seen to that point. The capitalist United States, and the Communist Soviet Russia. This conflict now known as the Cold War, had rippling impacts into the The social movement that took place in the United States is now known as the “Red Scare”, during this period of time there was a change in the relationship between the people and the government, as well as that between the media and the government. The Red scare had a significant impact in the overall life of people day to …show more content…
There was propaganda put out by the government itself to further this fear and mistrust, of course it was untrue. The author of (“Anti-Communism in the 1950s”, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, ) with their quote “By its very nature, propaganda distorts the truth or tells outright lies. , would agree with the fact that the images were for the purpose of spreading lies. The images were only one of the many mediums that helped to shape the growing Anti-communists movement during the Red Scare era. The relationships between the people and the government as the United States government began to try citizens in court for the suspicion of being communists based on nothing more than just the hearsay of their neighbors. These trials, labeled “The Mccarthy Trials” after the spearheader of the trails, were publicized and televised as well thanks to the newly formed media outlet. The Red scare was a time period in which many rights were violated in what officials thought to be seeking of justice, and led to a disillusionment in the government on part of the