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by Herminne Tonita -

The late 1940s and the 1950s were anxious years for Americans. Despite their prosperity they were worried by fears of war. The nation they feared was the Soviet Union. They believed that the Soviet Union's communist way of running a country was cruel and wrong. Some Americans saw communism as a spreading disease.

Communism was thought to threaten both the freedom of individual Americans and the "capitalist" economic system of the United States. They wanted to destroy c read more...

Tags: joseph mccarthy, 1940, 1950, americans, soviet union, communism

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