2nd Red Scare Causes
- Created by: Jasmine2157
- Created on: 28-05-15 15:33
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- Causes of the 2nd Red Scare
- The USSR exploded a nuclear bomb - America lost its nuclear monopoly
- Communism was seen as alien to American political and social life - Communism vs. the American Dream
- The Korean War was going on - America was fighting Chinese Communist also
- McCarthy was a Senator and accused the state dept of being infiltrated
- The trial of the Hollywood 10 and the HUAC investigations seemed to confirm the allegations
- Eisenhower and the Republicans used McCarthyism to win votes in the 1952 Presidential Election
- McCarthy was supported by working class people more susceptible to simplistic conspiracy theories
- McCarthy was a senator and believable for this reason
- Spy scandals such as the cases of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenburg
- China went communist - there were fears the State Dept was infiltrated by Communists
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