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Why where Americans so terrified of Communist infiltration after World War 2?
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∙ 12y ago
It's the nemesis of democracy in the eyes of some of our politicians. Not much has changed, within this decade it seems to have become more of a distraction to the American people. Free thinking unfortunately creates stupidity, if you disagree you're a Nazi :P
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Why were the Americans worried about the security of the US?
At the height of world war 2, about 100,000Americans claimed membership in the communist party.
After World War 2 what tensions existed within society?
The tensions that existed at home was that, Many people who fought at two world wars or had taken care of the front were women (african americans, Hispanic americans, and native Americans.) worked. that's what it says in my book The World and it's People.
Why did Americans help the french against the viet minh?
originally the Americans were on the side of the Viet Minh. during world war two the Americans supplied the viet minh with aid and money to support their war effort against the french and the Japanese, because they wanted the Japanese defeated and did not like the idea of the old colonial powers having empire again. the American's did not care that at the heart of it ho chi minh was a communist. however after world war two finished this all changed. the Americans were in the midst of the cold war with communist russia and they did not want any more countries of the world to become communist, as most of eastern Europe was already. the American president, Truman, did not want another country to become communist, and so created the Truman doctrine with the policy of containment. The Americans swapped sides and started aiding the french, claiming that they were fighting for a democratic country, because they did not want to see the communists in power. this ended in the battle of Dien Bien Phu when the french lost dramatically and the Geneva convention agreed that Vietnam shoudl be split into two, the north as communist and the south as demoscratic. so really the general answer summed up is: because the Americans were afraid of the spread of communism and wanted to stop Vietnam becoming communist at all costs.
What two superpowers were involved in the Cold War?
The people that were involved in the cold war was the Soviet Union, Communist world, and the non-communist world (The US and the USSR)
What country turned communist after WWI?
Russia was the only country to become communist during World War 1.
What fear was basis for the red scare?
That Communists were trying to take over the world
How did fears of being labeled a communist affect Americans after World War 2?
it didnt
Why were the Americans worried about the security of the US?
At the height of world war 2, about 100,000Americans claimed membership in the communist party.
How was communism spreading in the world?
By communist infiltration, such as was occurring in Vietnam. Cuba's Castro, had sent his lieutenant, Che Guevara down to Central/South America, in the 1960's, to created "another" Vietnam in the American Hemisphere, he was stopped by US operations.
A person who is terrified of the outside world and the noise it make but is curious about the world?
Callum chickpea
Id the Eastern world was communist what was the Western world?
The Weastern world was capitlism, if the Eastern world was communist. This is correct.
What was the power struggle between the communist world and non communist world?
The cold war
How did Joseph McCarthy perpetuate and cater to the fears of America?
Senator Joseph McCarthy held US Senate hearings because he was sure there was "communist infiltration" in the US State Department and within the Hollywood film industry. There is no question that the fear was real, however, whether there was any significant so-called infiltration came into into doubt fairly quickly as the Senate ended the investigative hearings. Why the McCarthy hearings had an audience was because of the following: * The Korean War left many Americans with the idea that world communism was an expansive political ideology; * The Soviet Union had not withdrawn troops from Eastern Europe. The Soviets instead set up "Puppet communist regimes" that also led to fear that from the Soviet point of view, they were in an expansive mode. This was seen as a danger to many Americans; * The Rosenbergs were tried and found guilty of sending atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union; and * Alger Hiss a former employee of the US State Department was accused of participating in an effort to hand over important documents to a third party for distribution to the USSR; and * Several writers and other people in the film industry were found to be members of the communist party. This was their right as American citizens, however, it seemed to some Americans that communist ideology was becoming popular.
What did the iron curtain divide the world in to?
communist and non-communist
What is the power struggle between the communist world and the non-communist world?
None. It ended in 1990.
After World War 2 what tensions existed within society?
The tensions that existed at home was that, Many people who fought at two world wars or had taken care of the front were women (african americans, Hispanic americans, and native Americans.) worked. that's what it says in my book The World and it's People.
What was the purpose of the Communist International organization?
The purpose of Communist International was to promote communist revolution around the world.
