Why was there a Second Red Scare

Why was there a 2nd Red Scare question

slightly different to the 1st Red Scare bu many similarities

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  • Created on: 15-05-13 11:48
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  • Why was there a 2nd Red Scare
    • Reaction to New Deal
      • Received as Communist
        • NRA
          • 557 codes
          • Gov. control business
    • Role of Individuals
      • To  gain political positions
        • Increase position
      • Senator Joseph McCarthy
        • 'Witch Hunt' for communists
        • Very nearly President
      • Nixon
      • Reagan
      • Walter Disney
    • Onset of Cold War
      • 1945 Cold War
      • Containment
        • Marshal Aid
          • $ to help those threatened by Commuism
        • Truman Aid
          • Military aid to those threatened by Communism
      • Domino Effect
        • USSR took over  statelite states, USSR had previously liberated WW2
        • US fear  Communism would spread
        • Spreads to Asia (China & North Korea)
          • [Korean war 1950]
          • [China Communist 1949]
      • USSR
        • In control of statelite countries
        • Nuclear technology 4 yrs after US
        • Iron Curtain
          • Between West Germany & East Germany
    • Psychological Impact of WW2
      • Can't  cope (scapegoat needed)
        • The left 'Un-American'
    • Internal Suspicions
      • fear of communists in America
        • "Reds under the bad"
      • People in the US telling Communists secrets
        • Canadian Spy Ring Discovered (US secrets found in Canada  being sent to USSR)
        • Alger Hiss (5 yrs as sent state department info)
        • The Amerasia Incident (State Department research, global info passed on to USSR)
          • Ethal & Julian Rosenbery (executed)
            • People in the US telling Communists secrets
              • Canadian Spy Ring Discovered (US secrets found in Canada  being sent to USSR)
              • Alger Hiss (5 yrs as sent state department info)
              • The Amerasia Incident (State Department research, global info passed on to USSR)
                • Ethal & Julian Rosenbery (executed)
      • Traditional Intolerance
        • "Seasonal  allergies"
        • Chafe (Historian)
        • Periodical time when great change occurs & cannot cope
        • Psychological Impact of WW2
          • Can't  cope (scapegoat needed)
            • The left 'Un-American'

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