What were the causes of the intense fear of Communist subversion in the late 1940s and early 1950s? Who were the key figures in the Second Red Scare? What long-term impact did the Red Scare have on American society?
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1. One cause of this fear was that the end of World War II did not play out the way it was supposed to. Many thought that the end of the war would bring prosperity and an end to fear. Prosperity did come, but our wartime ally, the Soviet Union, was now the enemy. People wondered who had misled us; some answered the Soviet Union.
2. The United States thought they could keep the atomic bomb a secret. When this failed, many blamed a communist plot within American ranks.
3. American politicians also whipped up fear of communism for political gain.
4. Some key figures in the Second Red Scare were Joseph McCarthy, the Rosenbergs, and Alger Hiss.
5. The Red Scare created a long-term fear of internal subversion and also slowed down progress in American society.
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