Question

After WWII, the fear of communism spread throughout American politics, culture, and society during the

opening phases of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. The “Red Scare” as it was known, impacted the
lives of ordinary Americans. The US government took extraordinary steps to combat the threat of
communism. Did the US Government go too far?

(summary pls no random answers.)

Answer 1

A foreign superpower on the other side of the world with opposing ideologies to the U.S. The Soviet Union should have been feared as America was known as an Imperialist superpower that wanted to expand in the USSR. The government took it too far though. America formed an organization to solely stop the Soviet Union from growing. The U.S sent troops across the world for nations that some American citizens didn’t even know existed. America also installed dictators and tyrants like the USSR, putting their ideals and beliefs that they held so dear, aside. The Soviet Union took it too far as well, making the Cold War go global.