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What are two reasons why Communism was seen as such a threat to America in the 1950s?

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They moved nuclear capable weapons into cuba
They were afraid they would spy on the US.

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1. Because there was a lot of paranoia of Communist infiltration of the U.S. government
2. Because we thought they were trying to build nuclear weapons to destroy the United States
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