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Post WWI there was a scare in the United States that we had been infiltrated by Communist spies or Americans who supported Communism. During this time there were a lot of innocent people that were put in jail, killed out of fear, etc. that were thought to be Communist supporters but were just people trying to get by. By the use of 'Red' -they were identifying with the red flag of the USSR which had been thought an ali in WWI but in the end Russia was out for themselves and had an agenda all their own.

actually it was after WWI not WWII

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