Reasons for the Red Scare
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- Reasons for the Red Scare
- 1948, Czechoslovakia became communist under the influence of the Soviet Union
- The Berlin Blockade of 1948-49, The Russians cut off access to West Berlin, showing that Stalin was unafraid of war between the USA
- Russia developed their first atomic bomb, putting them on more level footing with the USA
- China became communist in 1949
- Many people in america were against communisim because they felt it went against the ideas of the American Dream.
- Americans thought if communism spread it would threaten their way of life
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