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How did the fear of communism shape life in the united states in the 1950s

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The fear of communism was a real thing because it was basically a witch hunt for a witch that didn't really exist. Everyone was afraid of communism, there was propaganda posters that scared americans and it created a new term called mcCarthyism.  
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