The Red Scare Reality

During the cold war, fear of communism and hostility was the driving force for many social and foreign policy in the United States. Only how much of this horror is actually based on reality. During the "red panic" the United States was completely taken over by someone related to Communist fear or communism. When you put things in the future, this fear is largely unnecessary. Americans are afraid of Communist Acquisition, but this hardly happens in America.

A red panic took place twice in American history. The first red panic (1919-1921) was caused by Americans fearing that the Russian Bolshevik Revolution will spread to the United States. The second red panic continued with domestic and foreign attention events such as the Rosenberg trial, the Communist Party's victory in the Chinese civil war, the creation of the "iron curtain", the emergence of the Soviet nuclear weapons capability, the Korean war and so on. Government officials and citizens are afraid of nuclear war with the Soviet Union and the United States is nervous about the use of Soviet spies in the government. Because many Soviet agents and sympathizers have infiltrated the United States government during World War II, their fears are unfounded.

When comparing the American "red panic" of the 1950s with the Salem Witch trial done in the United States at the end of the 17th century, some of the similarities are obvious. Both of these things create hysteria by evoking people's irrational fears. "Red Panic" is the fear of Communism in the 1950s. This is actually the second "red panic". The first thing that happened was the reference to the fear of what the Bolshevik Revolution takes place in America. The second "red panic" is also known as "McCarthy" for its most famous supporter, Senator Joseph McCarthy. Many people were concerned about communism after the Second World War. Then, things like Soviet Spy, Berlin Blockade, Iron Curtain, and Chinese Cultural Revolution joined this fear.

Generally, "red panic" is a boost to the fear of the potential rise of communism. It happened in the United States in the early 20th century when Russia caught up with a communist who uprised in 1917. However, the most famous red panic occurred in the 1950s under the guidance of the now famous Midwest senator. In February 1950, when Senator Wisconsin State Senator Joseph McCarthy visited Welling in West Virginia, he remarked as a member of a conservative rear seat. member. From that day until December 1954, when the Senate voted to condemn his behavior, McCarthy was at the center of the American political arena.