During the depression, thousands of American citizens joined the communist party for economic answers. By the end of World War II, most had withdrawn, though some were still communist party members. The cold war had affected the United States because the fear of communist conspiracy took over the nation and many citizens didn't want to go back to war.
During the terms of both Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, concern over the growing appeal of communism around the world led to civil rights violations at home. The fear of conspiracy to overthrow the government led to an attack that persecuted the people who had ties to the communist party and people who had left sided views. Truman launched a loyalty program that had the FBI check all government officials to make sure they had no ties to the communist party or anything else that seemed suspicious (D1). His main reason for doing this was to keep communism out of the government. Congress also launched a new program called the House of Un-American Activities Committee. This committee was supposed to prevent and stop communist acts and acts against Americans. But this committee thought it had free range to do as they pleased because they were looking for communists (D2). This committee also charged that Roosevelt's and Truman's administrations had been infested with communists. The Cold War also frightened Americans to the point that they changed their way of life. As the threat of a nuclear war was in place, some built bomb shelters to protect themselves when the war started (D5). People started to fear and hate everyone that was charged with having communistic ties. Two people, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were charged with espionage. They were sentenced to death but some people protested their killings. Many people were happy that they were being killed and wanted all communists to have the same fate. This one event shows how the nation was split on deciding the fate of convicted communists (D4).
As Americans, when we think of Communism it brings thoughts of Hitler and Stalin, two men who are despised by our culture. ... Americans want to be given the money they earn and not support those who are lazy. Those in opposition of Communism say that America is a world leader in many statistics. ... And this is what Americans like to have in their country? Currently in America we are dealing with the Enron scandal. ...
Contrary to the popular belief of the average American, Communism is not "evil". ... The Children of America were not taught that the Soviets were "evil", they were simply not told anything about Communism. ... Communism vs. ... Now that we know why people view Communism as being evil lets go over the theory of Communism. ... Had American Democracy been under the same strains I highly doubt we would be in such a system. ...
Communism Communism arose in the early nineteen hundreds, and continues with its ideas and ideologies even today. ... Communism went against most of the beliefs of capitalism. ... Communism spread to countries as far as Africa. ... Communism had a huge impact on the world. ... These countries, which were headed by the United States of America, were totally against it, and fought against it for a long time. ...
The communist party in America was founded in 1919 (Communism) . ... Many White Americans, fearing capitalism to collapse at any moment, turned to communism. ... Communism spread much more quickly in Europe than in America, but the American faction of communism was still rapidly growing. Although Eisenhower failed to contain communism in America, it did not spread to the extent he thought it would.(Museum of Communism) In fact, once communism was associated with individuals such as Stalin and Mussolini, the party started its spiral downward in America. ...
America's foundation is capitalism where Communism's foundation is equality. ... America aided many countries by slowing the spread of communism however there were other countries where the spread of communism could not be stopped. This caused the fear of Communism in America to grow. When the fear of communism started to spread all around the world, America was also impacted. ... Another reason fear of communism increased in America was because of the spy was Alger Hiss. ...
The American government felt it was their duty as a democratic nation to stop the Soviet Union. ... America entered a "Red Scare," which is a growing fear of the potential uprising of Communism. This scare would only escalate as China fell to Communism. ... Thus, the Containment policy to prevent the spread of Communism was to be passed. ... The events of The Cold War along with the fight against Communism were set in motion to preserve the liberties and freedoms of everyone in the world, which American's so highly value....
Just like democracy rose in the Revolutionary War in America, Communism rose in Vietnam. ... Aside from the reason why Communism is in the Viet Kong, King also believes that America should put itself in Vietnam's shoes. ... Should America act any differently? ... Dodd believed that communism was a huge threat to America and that the spread of it should have been stopped immediately. ... More recently, the Cold War displays the way America looks at Communism. ...
One's views on communism depends from person to person. Rich people were satisfied with communism. ... The government during communism was quite different from the present system. In communism, there was little or no money spent on the beautification. ... With France removed from North America, the vast interior of the continent lay open for the Americans to colonize. ...
One's views on communism depends from person to person. Rich people were satisfied with communism. ... The government during communism was quite different from the present system. In communism, there was little or no money spent on the beautification. ... With France removed from North America, the vast interior of the continent lay open for the Americans to colonize. ...
