The Red Scare

Edward R. Murrow asked the public to think critically about disloyalty charges made against citizens.

For the most part the US Senate hearings conducted by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s were designed to expose communists in the film industry and to an extent question whether communists had penetrated the US Government. Eventually the Senate censured McCarthy for practices not in line with the Senate's respect for policies and procedures and personal privacy.
For a time, however, the general public was, to a degree, alarmed by McCarthy's accusations. His position was given some credence by the conviction of Alger Hiss and the trial of the Rosenbergs, charged with giving atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.
Of note is that for short time New York lawyer Roy Cohn and Robert F. Kennedy were on McCarthy's staff.

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

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

The Red scare was the fear of the spread of communism during the cold war.

truman directed security agencies to screen employees for signs of disloyalty

He collected information about the political views of government workers and used it against them.

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J. Edgar Hoover was the strong anti-Communist director of the FBI during the Red Scare.

Communism would take over the u.s government.

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He collected information about the political views of government workers and used it against them.

The Red Scare was people being worried about communist take over of the United States. There was one Red Scare in the 1920s and one in the 1950s.

He collected information about the political views of government workers and used it against them.

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

Concern that federal employees were disloyal to the United States

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

The Red Scare was people being worried about communist take over of the United States. There was one Red Scare in the 1920s and one in the 1950s.

That Communists were trying to take over the world

President Truman spoke out against witch-hunting