Americans showed the fear of communism thorough the McCarthy trials. The trials tried many innocent people for fear they supported communism. Students practiced duck and cover drills in case of raids.
Extremehostility and fear
What caused a fear of communism, and how did it change American policy
The Red Scare of the 1950's left American people distrusting acquaintances. Fear of communism allowed for an acceptable perception of federal scrutiny.
American's feared communism for how it could change their lifestyles and Lenin had the ability to bring communism to America with Russia's army.
How could the Domino Theory lead fear of Communism in Australia in the 1960's?
Most Americans knew and know nothing about Communism, the movement for a classless stateless society based on production for use.
America was actively fighting Communism as early as 1919 in the Russian Civil War. The fear of communism does not stem from the Soviet Union, it stems from what communism represents. There was no great event that started the fear of communism, made clear by the fact that in 1919 the Bolsheviks were yet to actually do that many great evils.
Communism
It was an american politician named macarthur who thought communism was the root of all evil, and therefor did everything to look as bad as possible. This led to Americas eternal fear of communism. What they don't know is that if communism were to be correctly performed the world would be a BETTER PLACE!
because they are silly
The Red Scare