Was the Red Scare Bad News for Everybody?
In life, people often use their surroundings to help them progress. In fact politicians may do the same. For instance, during the late 1940's and early 1950's, politicians have used the influence of the Red Scare in order to gain political control. The Red Scare, or fear of communism, was started when other nations were spreading communism throughout the world. Communists like Mao Zedong spread communism and so did the Soviets. Most Americans feared communism and politicians like Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon found ways to utilize that fear and gain political power. Therefore it can be argued that politicians during the 1950's used the Red Scare, Americas fear of Communism, in order to gain power.
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