1A Contestant - Elliott Morris The Red‚ White‚ and Blue Scare “American’s have always evinced some distrust of government‚ but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented” – Eric Alterman circa 1960. When Eric Alterman so boldly said this in 1960‚ he was affirming his stature in many areas to his fellow Americans. He was establishing himself as a societal whistleblower‚ a governmental troublemaker‚ and a political activist – all with one sentence. It is also
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did not see coming was the popularity that would follow communism in the future. The fear did not come from the Communist Party itself‚ but the obsession of a small group of people with power to stop the Red Scare that spread rapidly in the America in both the early 1900’s and 1940’s. Red Scare is the term given to the spread of communism that infiltrated the US government. But communists in America were the strange new kids on the block that nobody thought was going to gain popularity in the political
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proud of their democratic domain. This fear came about after World War One‚ and came to be known as the Red Scare. Right wing government officials used this paranoia in order to prosecute thousands of left wing activists. This ordeal reemerged after World War Two had ended‚ the Second Red Scare had started. A leading politician of the prosecution of many leftist during the Second Red Scare was senator Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy fed off of the paranoia that struck America‚ and accused many of his
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living in the 1940’s through 1950’s‚ this was called the Communist Red Scare. Bobbie Ann Mason the author makes the characters in the story be affected by Red Scare to a point that the main character blamed the communist for her mother’s miss carriage. In the short story “DETROIT SKYLINE‚ 1949” by Bobbie Ann Mason reflects those events of paranoia that happened in the 1940s through 1950s of the Communist Red Scare. The Communist Red Scare was defined as “the fear that communist both outside and inside
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Nutella: The Next Red Scare? Communism is a very dangerous thing. It spread like wildfire in the 1920s and 1950s after each world war respectively. But today‚ I am here to inform you about a new kind of Communism. It is the month of May‚ in the year 2014‚ and the Cold War has been over for nearly 3 decades now‚ but communism is still a very real thing‚ that has taken on a brand new form. This isn’t exactly a factual description of communism‚ it’s more along the lines of things that I think are
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who believe in Communist teachings are corrupt. In 1950‚ a historical event happened in the US timeline; the Red Scare. Joe McCarthy became a Senator for the state of Wisconsin in 1947. The Red Scare happened from 1947-1957‚ “The Cold War‚ which began after the end of World War II‚ was a period where Americans were extremely paranoid about the threat of Communism.” (“Background to the Red Scare” Par. 1) The Cold War was a period of time where citizens of the United States feared nuclear warfare with
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Cold war containment and the red scare As the strength of the Soviet Union grew and the fear of its potential capabilities mounted in the 1950’s‚ coupled with the fear of communism as a whole in the US reaching an unprecedented point‚ the effects on the social development of the US as a result of the red scare and growth of communism showed in several ways. As a result of the Red Scare that developed in the 1950’s‚ American politicians often held strong concern for soviet espionage and as a result
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The Red Scare caused a large dispute between the Un-American Activities Committee and Hollywood in the 1940’s. The Hollywood Ten‚ a group of writers and directors‚ were sent to jail‚ “for contempt of Congress after they refused to testify about their past associations.”(Henretta‚ pg.746) This very well known event in history was one I had known about‚ but was unsure of the exact details. I went in search of the events that lead up to arrest of the Hollywood Ten. During my research I read many
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Second Red Scare Essay In the years following World War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union entered upon the brink of the Cold War‚ which lasted from the late 1940s into the early 1950s. During this time‚ the United States broke into hysteria over supposed threats of communist in the country‚ thus brining forth the second red scare. After rising to political power‚ Republican Senator Joseph P. McCarthy was not only looked upon as an enduring symbol of the red scare brining forth the term known
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The cold war was a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union. The conflict was about democray and communism. In the late 1950’s the "Red Scare" came upon The US. The "Red Scare‚" in the US was the fear of being taken over by communists. In the US communism was viewed as treason. One of the causes of the "Red Scare‚" were the Roseber trial. The Rosenbergs were thought to have given high classified information to the Soviets.Some of effects were internationally‚ The Iron Curtain‚which was an imaginary
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