Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Red Scare: late
1940's to early 1950's
- First Red Scare
- After WWI
- American's suspicious of
those perceived to be
disloyal, such as radicals
and immigrants
- End of WWI, workers began to strike,
which worried American people
- Second Red Scare
(McCarthyism)
- Came after WWII
- Driven by US
politician McCarthy
- Brilliant at
stirring fear
- Started due to fear of
communism from Cold
War tensions
- McCarthy stated that
'the state
department...is
thoroughly infested
with communists
- McCarthy
- US politician
- Had many people
questioned about
their beliefs
- 1953 - Civil Service Investigation by order
of Eisenhower, McCarthy and HUAC