Suspected Communists
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Idealogical differences. The Americans treated Communists as a cult (and a religion), and the Soviets thought the same thing about Capitalism.
Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American Activities created a reign of terror by going on a communist witch hunt. McCarthy questioned the loyalty and patriotism of people he suspected of being communists. Hearings were held and reputations were ruined.
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Suspected Communists
A. Mitchell Palmer was the United States Attorney General who led raids on suspected communists. He was Attorney General from 1919 to 1921.
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There was a paranoia about Communists during the early 1950's. People who had had Communist connections back on the 1930's were exposed and black-listed and suspected as traitors. Sen Joseph McCarthy, in particular, led witch-hunts of government workers who were suspected of Communist leanings. People had to sign an affidavit, certifying that they were not Communists , nor associated with subversive organization.
Communists and/or people fearing military service (scared of the draft).
Suspected communists. Eventually, anyone was fair game for McCarthyism, the man who initiated the "Red Scare."
Joseph McCarthy
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