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The Red Scare

The Red Scare was a propaganda technique used during a series of US wars to promote fear of communism. This technique was most prominent during World War 2, and was heavily supported by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

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How was the red scare different from the Salem witch hunts?

The two big differences are:

1. Salem caused 20 executions. The Red Scare killed no one.

2. There were no witches in Salem but there were real communists in the world during the red scare.

What did Americans see as a solution to the red scare?

the answer wass communism and war. If everyoe fought there would be no one else to be in the red scare

What was the basis for the red scare?

Communists were trying to take over the world.

-zulu

What caused the red scare of the 1940's and the 1950's?

The fear that communists outside and inside America were working to destroy American life.

How did the red scare effect the immigrants?

the red scare was the soviets verse the US. The U.S. was in the habit of limiting the numbers of a certain racial groups coming into America when it seemed like there were too many people coming in. the Red scare effected mainly eastern europeans, especially Russians because the Americans were more suspicious so the limited the number of people from that area who could come through.

Who was accused of being a communist by McCarthy during the red scare?

There is a rather large list, but here are a few Hollywood names:

  • Alvah Bessie, screenwriter
  • Herbert Biberman, screenwriter and director

  • Lester Cole, screenwriter

  • Edward Dmytryk, director

  • Ring Lardner Jr., screenwriter

  • John Howard Lawson, screenwriter

  • Albert Maltz, screenwriter

  • Samuel Ornitz, screenwriter

  • Adrian Scott, producer and screenwriter

  • Dalton Trumbo, screenwriter

What fear started the Red Scare?

that communists would take over the us government. (apex)

What triggered the red scare?

Following the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and the establishment of the Soviet Union, the Communists made efforts to promote revolutions in Europe and the US. In 1919, President Wilson appointed A. Mitchell Palmer as his attorney-general. His attempts to root out the communists, anarchists, and other radicals became known as The Red Scare. Bombs were found by the US Post Office, addressed to prominent politicians and capitalists. An anarchist was blown up outside of Palmer's home. News was leaked to the press that the government was investigating important Americans and there was a belief that a radical overthrow of the government was in the works. Palmer enlisted the services of an attorney, J. Edgar Hoover, to help enforce provisions of the Espionage Act and the Sedition Act (1917/1918). A series of "Palmer Raids" were held in November, 1919, and thousands of anarchists, immigrants, and communists were rounded up.

In the Red Scare what were the raids called?

During the First Red Scare the raids on suspected political radicals were known as Palmer Raids, named after US Attorney General Alexander Palmer, who ordered the US Justice Department to conduct the raids.

Businesspeople used the red scare to?

to secure the passage of laws that made labor unions illegal

Who was the us senator responsible for the anti-communist movement known a red scare?

The US senator's name was Joseph McCarthy. The Red Scare is also known as McCarthyism.

How did nativism and the Red Scare play into a Congressional limitations on immigration in the 1920s?

Nativism and the Red Scare played into Congressional limitations on immigration in the 1920s. This is because people feared that a Bolshevik revolution (which has just happened in Russia) would come to the United States.

The red Scare of the late 1940s and the 1950s was the fear that?

The Red Scare was the promotion of the fear of communism and radical left politics spreading widely.

How do you scare your uncle?

So there are many ways to scare your uncle but I'll tell you 1.

1. This one will work if you have a cabinet on the floor and some one else to help step 1 take every thin out of it step 2 make sure your uncle knows were something is that was in that cabinet step 3 get in the cabinet step 4 have the other person ask your uncle were the the thing was you planned to ask him about step five you yell as he is opens the cabinet.

Reaction

He should go and open the cabinet you scream he screams or jumps at it

Caution ask your aunt before hand!

Why are people scare of Red Scare?

A Red Scare is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism.