One often overlooked fact was that the Red Scare showed how ill prepared we were to accept new and foreign ideas. It is also clear that many people considered the USA to be so fragile that it couldn't or wouldn't withstand the Red threat. The world bastion of freedom and individuality provided neither for many politically innocent people.
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he saw that the red scare was just like the Salem witch trials. during the trials people were convited for bing so called "witches" and were sentened to hang, but the proof was a comlete hoax and the people were hanged for no rewason. you should reed the crucible and compare it to the 50s red scare
No the Red Scare is not the same as McCarthyism. It was the term for the fear that Communism would take over America and the world. Anti-communist persecutions were a result of the Red Scare.
Communism
The Red Scare was a response to Communism
The red scare ended when McCarthy was sensured.