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When did the fear of Communism known as the Red Scare begin in the United
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following the Bolshevik Russian Revolution of 1917

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The first Red Scare began following the Bolshevik Russian Revolution of 1917 and the intensely patriotic years of World War I as anarchist and left-wing social agitation aggravated national, social, and political tensions. Political scientist, and former member of the Communist Party Murray B.

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