The Red Scare

Both events in history involved the killing of innocent people who were believed to be part of either witchcraft or communism

It had a lot of impact. Americans lived in fear of Communist spies. Through this, many lost their jobs due to suspicion that they were Communists or friendly with Communists. People were investigated and an un-official blacklist ran through Hollywood as well as the radio and television industries. Stories about Communism ran through the newspapers and Communism became a subject for movies and television. The Second Red Scare caused Communism to be, well, everywhere.

The first red scare is said to begin when the Bolsheviks took control of Russia, showing that the Communist movement had real power. Many other countries also had communist groups and people feared they would take over the labor unions, call massive strikes and eventually overthrow governments everywhere. The 2nd red scare began when people began to learn that the Russians, who were our allies in WW II, were not our friends, and did not intend to withdraw their troops from the countries they occupied in Eastern Europe. It grew when the Russians developed atomic bombs and set up spy networks.

Senator Joseph McCarthy accused hundreds of actors, directors, and screenwriters of Communism with his Hollywood Blacklist. Many of the entertainment professionals were barred from their professions.

He had the names of 205 people known by the secretary of state to be members of the Communist Party. The number changed when he made speeched elsewhere.

The red scare ended when McCarthy was sensured.

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Some immigrants came from the most unstable parts of Europe, where World War I had started. Nativists believed that these immigrants might hold ro adopt radical political ideas, and spread them to the United States.

During the first Red Scare, 1919-1920, the President was Woodrow Wilson. During

the second Red Scare, 1947-1957, President Harry S Truman served from 1945 -

1953 and Dwight D. Eisenhower served from 1953 - 1961.

1. The red scare was our fear of the spread of communism. This scare caused a witch hunt to get rid of communist in the United States and elsewhere around the world. Anybody that was accused of being associated with communist was put on trial and convicted. Movie producers, lawyers, judges, etc. lost their freedom and careers due to this witch hunt. The red scare was a contributing factor in the war in Vietnam. We were "afraid" that the communist North would overtake the democratic south. The Sacco and Vanzetti trial reflected our fears of immigration, immigrant crime, and anarchy. There was also an anti-Italian sentiment in the trail and conviction felt by many Americans throughout the country because of organized crime. The rise of the Ku Klux Klan reflected white America's fear that minority groups would eventually take over America. This fear was born from the rise in population of immigrants and American blacks, coupled with the change in America politics to give these minority groups equal rights and jobs.

Following the end of The Great War (WW I), the "Red Scare" developed in the United States. It was partly caused by a fear of communists, socialists, anarchists, immigrants, and radical labor groups that were developing in industrialized nations at this time. Plus, the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia also added to the fear that communism might prove to be a true menace to the political, social, and economic life of the US. A series of anarchist bombings in the nation caused this fear to increase among the population. Because many, including government officials, feared that a Bolshevik type of revolution was near at hand, innocent people were jailed, and the civil liberties of many were ignored. In the early years of the 1920s, the scare seemed to disappear as quickly as it had begun.

Concern that federal employees were not loyal to the united states

January 21th 1919 was the first day of The Red Scare.

The Red Scare was a period in which Americans feared that Communists would try to achieve world domination. People were afraid this would be done by infiltrating free governments and gaining control of their countries. People were also afraid of nuclear attack by Communist powers. The fear began soon after W W II ended and the Russians made their intentions clear in Eastern Europe. It grew during the Korean War and lasted until the USSR split up and Germany was re-united.

The Palmer Raids occurred during a time when Americans were fearful of anarchists, communists, and immigrants in general. Italians were considered to all be mobsters or criminals, or radicals or anarchists. The Attorney-General took advantage of those feelings to advance his political career by rounding up immigrants and those he accused or assumed to be anarchists.

The Italian immigrants, Sacco and Vanzetti, were arrested for an armed robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts, in which a guard and a paymaster were killed. They were promptly found guilty and sentenced to die in the electric chair. The newly formed American Civil Liberties Union, Italian-American groups, and labor organizations publicized the fact that there was no hard evidence against the two and some of the evidence was invented by the prosecution The Judge at their trial was openly prejudiced against the Italians and called them "damned dagos." Sacco and Vanzetti admitted to being radicals in their political beliefs but proclaimed their innocence of the crime.

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Truman directed security agencies to screen employees for signs of disloyalty.

Emma Goldman and other radicals were forced to leave the country

The Soviet Union

Word was leaked about the government tracking the activities of American citizens that had criticized the war and other policies.

the trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.

The rest of the world and the democratic governments were afraid that communism would spread to other places. Much like today when some people think about terrorism.

The occurrence of the Red Scare and the Supreme Court's decision in Schenck v. U.S. highlight the tension between national security and civil liberties during times of perceived crisis. The Schenck ruling established that free speech could be limited when it posed a "clear and present danger," which was further exploited during the Red Scare to justify the suppression of dissent and political dissenters. Together, these events illustrate how fear can lead to the erosion of constitutional rights in the name of security.