Red Scare

Red Scare -denotes two distinct periods of stronganti-communism: the First Red Scare, from 1917 to 1920, and the Second Red Scare, from 1947 to 1957. The Scares were characterized by the fear that communism would upset the capitalist social order in the United States; the First Red Scare was about worker revolution and political radicalism. The Second Red Scare was focused on (national and foreign) communists infiltrating the federal government. Fueled by anarchist bombings and spurred on by Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer.

NOTES FROM CLASS:

• See how Cold War creates the Red Scare. Progressivism (did not lead directly to Red Scare) - effort to reform American Society.
• Fear of a Communist take over
• Red Scare made people unionize
• Anarchy - a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government).
• Red Scare began at the end of War World II
• Immigration: Chinese, Asians, Italians (HUGE arrival). People did not like Italians because they were Catholic - issue of Difference - Negatively perceived.
• Fueled by anarchist bombings and spurred on by Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer, it was characterized by illegal search and seizures, unwarranted arrests and detentions, and deportation of hundreds of suspected communists and anarchists. Mitchell Palmer began Red Scare, very good at scare tactics.
• REASONS FOR RED SCARE:

1. Korean War - communist administration.
2. NOT Sure What This Means - BAD not taking :P- anyways - June 4th 1950 Communist Korean Armies invaded? The Strategic / China has just fallen to Communist Power.
3. Soviet presence in Truman's factor to contain this quickly. USA will play a leadership role - Truman needed VICTORY in Korean War.

• DOMINO EFFECT!! Dean Acherson came up with that phrase. One country falls to Communism, than another one will fall - etc.
• Limited War
• Douglas McArthur commanded the ground troops into Korea. STAIL MATE.
• Espionage (practice of spying, or using spies) - fear of communist lies. Racism is prominent. Atomic Bomb fear.