Welcome back. I hope you took some time for yourself and relaxed during your many days off. It is time to get back to the grind and I warn you that we will be working fast and furiously up to the Winter Break.
Today in class, we began discussing the idea of the Red Scare of Communism. If America is supposed to be so open minded to the ideas of others, why during the
1950's did we freak out so much about Communism? What events of the 30's and 40's led to this fear of Communism in America? Could this happen today or is it happening today? Explain your answer.
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6th
Even though America is supposed to be so open minded to the ideas of others, in the 1950's we feared communism because we thought it was going to spread to our nation. We did not want communism we rule over our democratic system and deny us of the freedom we have. The event's during the thirties and forties that lead to this fear was World War 2. The communism in Germany/Soviet Union started to cause commotion in America once they started to spread into Western European states toward the United States. This is when the US stepped in to stop the communist from pursuing further. In other countries communism is present, but I don't think it is present in the American government. Some people in America believe in communism, but the American government has a system to control any person or group to gain enough power to become communist. However, there is a possibility that the system could fail and one political power could change our system to communism. I don't think that this is very likely.
Mr.Kay,
Even though our country is a democracy I think that we still want to have some control on what kind of people live here. In the 1950's I think that the main reason we freaked out so much over communism is like you said earlier, "We were affraid of it speading." We were affaid of the communist government expanding and later having complete control of the world. Events in the 30's and 40's that I believe led to such a scare were that the communist government's were so strong. That they had alot of people under their control and that alot of countries were under control of this type of government. I think that today we might have a small fear of communism. But I think were mainly affraid of It getting out of hand. Like you also said earlier that the war in Iraq was because the U.S. believed that all country's should have a democracy government, I think that the U.S. is mainly trying to help the other contries who cannot help themselves. Just maybe war wasnt the best approach.
In the 1950s we were afraid of communism beacuse we were afraid it was going to spread to our nation. America didnt want communism to take over. We had a democratic system. If we would of allowed communism to take over it would have ruined our many freedoms that we have. In the 30s and 40s worl war two occured. This is what lead to our fear of communism.I dont think this could happen again today because i dont think the government would allow it.
Katlyn Twigg 6th Hour
Mr. Kay,
I think that in hearing how the people were affected by communism in Europe, we do not want to live in their shoes. The events that took place with Nazi Germany were very gruesome and horrific. In the book "Night", the details alone described that communism would never be wanted in the United States. There are some communist countries today, but I don't know how there countries are run and how the people are treated.
Danielle Turner
5th Hour
America is a contry thats known as freedom. I believe america was so scared of communism because they did not want it. We are known as the land of the free...with communism that would never happen. This "Communism" started by germany and then the soviet union unleashed a ferious eruption of fear in our eyes. Knowing we could loose our world power by this we had to take an action. The cold war was push and shove but we managed to take first in the long run. Honestly we almost blew ourselves off the face of the earth. If communism had made it as far as us the world would be very different.
i was in the office during 5th hour so i did not hear anything we discussed in class. henceforth i'm not able to do this blog. fuck this blog stuff
Well like we talked about in the 1950s communism was spreading and everybody thought it could spread to the U.S. I think they had a somewhat valid reson for freaking out becuase they saw how bad communsism was and they werent sure if communism could come here. In the 30's and 40's part of what made the U.S. afraid was that they werent really informed on what went on in a communist government. they just heard smalls parts of what was happening in russia and that fear of the unknown made them afraid. I think this same thing could very well happen today. with the economy cahnging as it is i think people arent sure what could happen. I dont think people today would expect the U.S. to go communist but something else in a similar way could maybe happen.
Andy B, 6th hour
America is supposed to be so open minded to the ideas of others, but in the 1950's America feared that communism would spread to our nation. We didnt want communism to rule our democratic policy and take away our freedom. I think that the events that occured in the thirties and fourties was definelty World War 2. This was becuase the German soldiers were spreading communism right by the U.S. This is when the U.S stepped in and tryed to stop this. No, I dont think that this is happening today in America. Of cource people still believe in communism still, but America, as a nation, doesnt believe in communism.
Clare Pathe
Well Mr.Kay I know that most of the kids will disagree but I think that in a way that America is a communist country. If we are such a free, then why do we have someone running our country. In our governement, they decide alot of stuff. For the people that lost their jobs the goverment decides how much money they will get to feed their family. I still do believe that in some places are comminuist. For example China and North Korea. Just because we dont believe in that way of life, doesnt mean that we need to stick our heads in theri business. That is so not right.
this is a growing issue n our society. in the 1950's people freaked out because they were afraid communism was going to take over America. i think it will always be going on in our world. there is always someone who is predgudice or scared of a certain type of person even though we are truley all the same. if everyone just forgot about what someone lookd like or an idae they belive in, a lot of our problems would go away. we need to treat everyone equal and start to trust people. the United States says we are all created equal. however, not all the citizens live to that promise. i don't think the issue will ever be solved but we can improve the situation so it doesn't get any longer.
Mr. Kay,
There are two different reasons I think this happened. First, I think that though America was always about the whole free thing that America promotes could all just be a bit fabricated. Not saying that being free in America isn't real, just that we fear communism in the way that we are willing to enforce things that keep communism and other ideas out of the country. In America, I think they are trying to say, you can be free, but if your freedom begins to conflict with our views, then it is over. The second reason is I think that they could have found that Communism is spreading and the government didn't want America to become communist. Again, in the 30's and 40's, communism was spreading quick and America wanted to be the exact opposite of communism. I don't know if it could happen today because with all the war crazy people now-a-days, if someone wanted to have communism in this country, America would probably fight them. This is highly unlikely but if communism began to spread I think that this is what it would come down to.
-Luke LaFountain
6th Hour
Americans freaked out in the 1950's in fear that communism would spread to America and sweep over the nation. Although America is supposed to be open minded, we discriminated the idea of communism taking over our democratic system. This frightened Americans because our political system is much different, which meant that conflict or war was possible. After World War 2, communism was spreading to many nations like China and Russia. America was the top leading nation and feared that communism would change that. I don't agree with McCarthy's way of handling the communism issue. You can't determine if someone is communist by the cloths they wear or the magazines they read. I dont think it was right to threat people of spending time in jail because someone has a "feeling" that they are communist. I don't think that communism exists in America today. If it did it would show. Its possible that gangs and secret societies or whatever might be run that way, but not America as a whole.
Cody Kabisa
6th hour
in the 30s i think that communism was very big and was feared that it would come back to usa.
America tried so hard to stop communism because we feared that communism would overcome america. I think we kinda are becoming like communism because we are so limited on things we can do. were limted on the things were aloud to do. I think it still can happen today that the government could control to much power and that the government could be a communist. But i dont think it could ever get really bad as like the other states.
Crystal maybee
5th
During the 1950's everyone freak out about communism because they thought it would come toward the United States. Also, take away are rights and freedom away from us. In the 30's and 40's the events that led to the fear of communism in America because of World War 2. Another event that led to communism is that there was a communist party forming in the U.S. This could'nt happen again because of our political system. Many people value their freedom and fight to keep it. I think we could possibly end up becoming more of a socialist country.
Katherine Walsh
6th hour
Megan Fraser 6th hour
We freaked out about communism in the 50's because of everything that happened during World War 2 with the nazis. We didn't want it to spread here to America and take control. I think that we were just being prejudice and over paranoid. Just because it's in Russia doesn't mean that its just going to spread to here and overthrow the government overnight. The government was just saying stuff and not thinking before getting everyone worked up about it. Just because someone has different beliefs than you doesn't mean they're going to start another holocaust. They were making unfair judgements about people. I think that people aren't as worried about communism today but they are worried about other things like another 9/11 happening. Going through airport security, people are targeted becasue of how they look and it's not really fair to them.
I think that American's freaked out at the idea of communism because it was the complete opposite of the democracy. After working so hard for freedom, people were not going to let us turn into a communist country. Becoming a communist would take away almost every freedom that we tried so desperatly to get while fighting Britian. The World War II only made us fear communists even more. In America I don't believe that we are turning communist. We have every single freedom we had when we first gained independence. Actually, we have even more. It could happen today though if we allow groups of people to get more powerful, or even one person. So we must make sure everyone is treated fairly and make sure nobody gets that much power.
Kristen Pauly
6th hr.
I wasn't in class today, but I will try to answer this to the best of my knowledge. We started to think that with the government in complete control, no one would have a say in things. Therefore Americans freaked out because we encouraged stating your opinions. The governments of other countries are speaking for their people and not taking in any ideas, so in the end our idea of open mindedness of others wouldn't exist. In the 30's and 40's we were in a depression because of World War 2, some people started thinking that it was a good idea for America to be a nation of communism. They thought if the government had full control of the nation, it would help our economy get out of that downward slope and back on a normal track. Most people wanted a nation of democracy so those people got scared of all the commy's running around. Communism is still alive today, for example: China, Cuba, Russia, and North Korea. A lot of people are afrid to go to communist countries evn when the olympics were in Beijing this past summer because their police are harsh and there would really be no way of having a fair trial. Communism was a way of creating everyone equal, but really the only equals are the poor and everyone working for the government is in a much higher class.
Carolyn Newton Period 5
I think we were afraid of communism coming over to the United States. We were happy with having a democracy and didn't want to be influenced by communist ideas. World War II occurred in the 1930's and 1940's and was a global war. The war started out with Germany invading Poland and then the war spread to other countries. Americans were afraid for their own security because the Soviet Union now had an atomic bomb. The U.S. didn't want to destroy the American way of life. I don't think this could hapen today because we still have the same ideas of how we want to have our government run (a democracy). People in our country are still in favor of a government run by the people with elected officials. Yes, there are still people that do not agree with type of government, but the majority of the people in our country believe in democracy.
6th Hour
I think we freaked out about communism because of a couple reasons. First of all we just got over WW2 basically and having in mind what germany was doing i think we were scared of turning into that. Also, another thing is that a lot people were imagrating i believe at this time and we didin't want enough people to take over our country. In the 30's i think a big communism event had to of been Hitler whole deal. Some people think it wasn't communism because russia, who was communist fought against him, but i still think it is. One reason is becasue he was deciding people life for them in one way or another. Also, if you were blonde hair blue eyes, he gavce you a job and paid then in many ways. One of which is not killing them like he did to millions of people. Now in the 40's it was WW2 and the main reason the country went into the war was because the attempt to stop communism. I am not sure it is occuring too much to make a big deal out of it but i am not saying it won't ever happen.
Ty Bouwens, 6th hour
America was so uptight about communism because they didnt want them to attack us, or overthrow us. They wanted to keep our counrty free, like it has been for so long. I do think that they did it in a bad way. They bagan to overreact and persicute innocent people. I think no communism is in america. If there is i doubt they could overthrow the government. If they attack, well good luck to us.
Mikki nosek 5Th HR
Mr. Kay,
Their are many reasons as to why americans are petrified of communism. One of them is that we do not want to become communist. We fear the thought of communists taking over our country. I think that is why we freaked out in the 50's. The big event in the 40's was world war 2. We feared communism enough to go to war with it. I think this whole thing happened in Iraq. We hated the fact that saddam hussien was running a communist country. I dont ever see another country taking us over and turning us into communist.
Jordan Blanzy
5th hr
I believe that throughout the 50's our country reacted in such a way because we also then new other countries feelings torward america such as many European countries. We felt as if this communism would spread from continent to continent being led by one individual known as a dictator. And that one certain day the world will all become communism and be led by minimal individuals. Another large category in which communism took away was your rights at freedom of religion. This loved by many, set a bad impression on all american peoples feelings torward it. The thing that i believe made many people believe to set the feelings and want of communism in many countries is the act of the Nazi forces. The Nazi ran by dictator Hitler in the 30's and 40's gave many countries the want for communism. This want spread throughout ountries such as china, north karea, vietnam, and cuba. Even these days the concern of the rise of communism still rests in the minds of people.
Conner risi
Americans freaked out because of communism because they did not like the idea of being controlled. America was a good land for opportunity and fewer government regulations. This is why we have so many immigrants in our country. So many people wanted to escape their governments in their countries. Communism was a threat because it could spread. Due to the second world war and the Great Depression, people were afraid. The government obviously had some flaws and that promted us to look into communism. The Great Depression really hurt confidence in America and it seemed as though the USSR was thriving. The Soviets used communism because they didn't want their country turning out like Germany at that time. This is why they took so much control over their citizens. Americans saw this as a horrible thing because many people liked the idea of being able to have their own businesses and do what they wanted. I really don't see this happening today because it really isn't the governments fault for our struggling. They are a big part but the economy is the problem. Communism won't happen because everybody likes the idea of a democracy.
William Schwartz
6th hr
America i s supposed to be open minded to the idea of others. in the 1950's the reason we feared communism is because is we thought it would take over our country. the reason we feared it is because we did not want to lose our freedom. the events in the 30's and 40's are the events that led to world war 2. communism was not a threat until it spread to Cuba. th is when America took action. i think that America is to strong to let communism take over the U.S.
Even though Amaerica is supposed to be open minded to ideas of others, in the 1950s we freaked about Communism. Why? Well your guess is as good as mine, but i think it was because we were so used to our countries government and the way we went about things. The fact that communism was harmful to other countries that believed in that type of government was frightful. We feared that it could spread from Russia/USSR to other countries. And in the end we believed it would come to us and take over our freedom. I beleive this could happen today. If people in the U.S who believed in this type of system banned together and convinced other groups or people tp join their cause, we could end up with a communism type of government.
James Richardson
5th hour
In the 1950's America was panicked about communism. America had the fear that communism would spread across the world. I do not believe that America was completely closed minded to the idea of communism in other countries. I think America was just trying to spread democracy because it has such a success in the U.S. There is always a possibility of a huge outbreak of communism. I think it's unlikely. America has such a strong belief in civil freedom. With America being the strongest and most powerful nation at this time, i think it will be hard to go against the U.S.
During the 1950's we acted in such a manner because we where not so open minded like we are today. I think that any really major events in history played a roll in the fear of communism in America. when I say big events I mean such as wars and holocaust type events in which someone took control and did the wrong thing. Most American's believed that those events could have been formed by a type of communism and obeying every little thing the upper power had to say. Of coarse events like that could start up again in this time period. Although we are way more open minded as we where back then, we are yet to be so open minded to accept some form of communism. (when I say "we" I am referring to others, I have no problem with communism... Although I would NEVER be a communist hahah.)
I think I'm like two sentences short...but whatever hahah I put a lot of thought into wording this blog so it wouldn't offend people. :]
Kymmie Brownson 6th
kay,
america is suppose to be open minded with ideas and thoughts, in the 50s everyone feared the spread of communism. the events in the 30s& 40s was world war 2. Like we started off saying in class, in the soviet union, and germany communism was being spread, and aiming towards the united states. alot of the US was against this, so they tried to get involved to stop this. Although many americans did believe in communism. and they would hide what they believed in and snitch on others like them. but america is a democracy and it stopps people from overpowering. so i dont think its very likely for the US to become communist.
stefffieeeee
6th :]
I think that in the 1950 we freaked out so muck because we didn't want change in america. We we let communosim go out of control, america would soon be communist. In the 30 and 40 was world war II. Communism was in the soviet union, and some other places. Communism was a powerful thing and more and more countries started to slowly change to it. I don't think that this could happen today. People are always bussy with other things and may not start up communism. Also the goverment is probly watching over everbody so they could just stop it. Also I don't enough people would be able to start it up.
Chris Reid
5th hour
Taylor Dieck
During the 1950's I think America freaked out about communism because it was not familiar. Most of the time when something is not familiar it can be scary. So when Communism was staring to become bigger it scared Americans. Also I think the idea of not having a democratic system puzzled the Americans. It probably did not seem like the most fair way to lead a country. I think world war two was an event that lead up to Communism. Americans had no clue how to handle this problem. I think we have a good handle on our government so i don't really think communism could be a problem. However this is happening in other parts of the world today, so it is a problem.
By the way this is a terrible blog I was not in class today and honestly I have no idea what you guys even talked about :)
Taylor Dieck
During the 1950's I think America freaked out about communism because it was not familiar. Most of the time when something is not familiar it can be scary. So when Communism was staring to become bigger it scared Americans. Also I think the idea of not having a democratic system puzzled the Americans. It probably did not seem like the most fair way to lead a country. I think world war two was an event that lead up to Communism. Americans had no clue how to handle this problem. I think we have a good handle on our government so i don't really think communism could be a problem. However this is happening in other parts of the world today, so it is a problem.
By the way this is a terrible blog I was not in class today and honestly I have no idea what you guys even talked about :)
Well discrimination has ALWAYS existed. It's natural human behavior. Even anyone reading this blog (including those who do not) do so without thinking about it. Even do such a thing on a daily basis. Take for example, hugging your best friend(guys if you freak out about this you are not secure in your sexuality), versus someone random hugging you. Are you freaked out? Most likely. If you agree to this then you are discriminating on relations. This will always exist and there will be no way to wipe it entirely. Now the whole communism thing was brought up in some movies. the "bad guys" were described as Commies in Hollywood. American idea is that "the American way" the best(there was a specific word for it that Mr Mohr taught us, "Belief that your culture is the best). So we try our best to spread the way for other countries. The fear of different Gov'ts is hard to say if it continues today. It must vary form person to person. In mine, the American government is giving off a "confident" vibe with foreign relations, but I'm not sure. I probably need to watch the news more often.
Derek Guckian
6th hour
I was not here today so ill just go off of what other classmates have said and what I can read on the internet.
To me Americans view communism like a disease. Everyone's afraid of it and it could happen to any nation. We weren't open to the whole thing. in the 1950'2 we were afraid that we would be taken over my the whole thing all together. When the US came in to stop communism in other countries that we started to feel more safe. In the late 40's we went into World War 2 to stop communism. The war showed the result of communism and made the US fight even more. I don't think that it could happen today. our Country has a way of not letting any one person have to much power. I think even If we did everyone would start rebelling and their would be mass chaos.
Tyler Inman
5th Hour
Even though America is supposed to be open minded about others' ideas, we freaked out a lot during the 1950's because we didn't want Communism to spread into our country. People just threw out the individual freedom ideals and started accusing each other of being Communist. World War 2 was a large event in the 30s and 40s that led to this fear of Communism. Americans were fearful that Communism could spread world wide. I think that Americans didn't care about any one else's freedom because they were too centered around protecting their own freedom. It just became a battle to not become accused of being a Communist. I think that something like this may be able to happen again today. We do not always learn from our mistakes, unfortunately, and history seems to have a tendancy of repeating itself. Although it could possibly happen, I doubt that it will though. Even if something as this did happen again, I think that our system of government would handle it better this time aroudn. They would look at evidence better because the media spreads everything, so the government wouldn't want any more trouble than it already has.
Kaleigh Swanson
6th hour
I believe we freaked out because we saw how communism negativley ran a country. People were unhappy and many revolted. Their were many fights and outbreaks. The events of the 30's and 40's led to WW2. America also started to realize communism was apreading. I believe this can happen today, countried like north korea are like this today. If one country has communism, then I believe others can as well. I believe communism is kindof happening today, just not in such a drastic way. Everyones always debating that either democrats or republicans are dominating office. This is a kind of communisim althogh in a different way because one type of beliefs for a country is dominating a democracy.
deets
America is a country of freedom, so were suppose to be open minded about many communism ideas. However this may have led us into World War 2, for example. As well as, the people were not informed with what was occurring with the the communism government. All that they knew, were just tiny pieces of puzzle. That some could put together, but not for all and never really got the full understanding. I do believe that the way how our economy is going, that one day in the future this could get bad again. As of now, maybe with the new president thing will change. Maybe, eventually we will start stepping further into a open minded community again. There is also a possibility, that everything will stay as it is now. No one can ever really predict what will happen, just theories.
Alanna Nagi
6th hour
We may have been open minded in the 1950's but we still feared about our control. like in north and south Korea one was free the other was communist. We were afriad that it would spread from north to south then to each other country. Eventually leading to our country and destroying what we worked hard for. We felt a sense of valnurbility and there wasn't anything we could do about it. So we did what we thought was the only thing we could do about it. It probably could happen now but I really don't see it happening. The way it could happen is using Americas debt against it. our economy is slowly falling and on top of that our world debt is growing constantly.
kevin anderson
6th hour
I think we as a nation freaked out because we didnt want to have the communism spread to other countries. We didnt want other countries trying to pick up on the communism idea and spread it around and end up at us. America didnt want this to happen so we stepped in at the right time to stop it before it went to far. We tried to stop the communism in Russia with war. We went to war with the Soviet Union. I think that communism is still present in some countries and I know for sure it is in a few countries also. You never know but someday communism could overrule our democrary and we could end up like other communism countries. This is very unlikely to happen and I hope it doesnt when Im still alive.
Troy WOjichowski 6th hr
In the 30's and 40's America freaked out about communism because they were affraid of it spreading to the U.S. America was so freaked out that they started denying people rights because they were accused to be communist. An event that led to this scare was the rise of the Soviet Union. They believed that they should control all the citizens that lived there. I think that it is unlikely that this could happen now. The U.S. has a lot of control and I think that most people in our country are gonna like the government because they all seem to like Barracque O'Bamma. I think that most other countries also like the idea of democracy.
I think we freaked out so much about Communism beacause we though it was a bad way of life and type of goverment. We didn't want any one who was communist effecting our goverment. In the 30's and 40's some events that lead to this fear are Russia and China's gainning power in the world. Another event that happened was the cold war and how we did not want anything to do with the USSR and their ways of governing their country. I don't think this could happen today there are so many people that don't like the ideas of Communism the ideas never get far. But there is a very small change it could happen if someone pulled something like Hilter did and we were all desprest. I think the whole Red Scare people over reacted and it was not as big of deal as many though it was.
Shaun Gerber
5th Hour
John Kent
5th hour
I think that we were scared of Communism taking away our freedom. We don’t want the government to control us. In the 30’s and 40’s communism became a larger entity and threatened to undermine Democracy. America developed nuclear power and the U.S.S.R. also had the knowledge. We were not ready for WWIII. It is possible to have another communist scare today. If a country that is a world power turned communist, the domino effect will happen. A group or a large number of a population starts to persuade others to become a part and it grows so big it could over throw the government. While this is possible, it is not very probable. Realistically, Communism is shrinking.
I think that in the 1950's people freaked out because they didn't know any better. They listened to what the government said and went by that. Yes, America is suppose to be open minded to others but there's always a group of people who are predjeduce towards a certain group of people. I think that this is sort of still going on today , people are worried about our new president and how things will end up. But, our government and military is one of the strongest in the world , so i don't think communisum will over throw our democracy. But, people are still very prejeduce towards certain groups of people. For example because of the war in Iraq , many people are worried when they see people from Iraq or that look like they are from Iraq. Personally, I think that people in the 1950's and even now are too paranoid.
Hannah Aittama
5th Hour
I think that communism was a major issue then. since many countries around the world were still communist, we didnt like the idea of our country turning into comunist. since cuba was communist and so close, we feared that they could bomb us easily. i think today many countries would be scared to bomb us, but yet it still happens. the united states is a strong power in the world. therefore many countries are afraid to mess with us. i feel that communism is a problem and we should do everything we can to stop it.
amy urbanik
5th hour
Well, the whole reason the United States wanted to be able to govern themselves was to get away from the ideas associated with communism. Socialism, one of these such ideas, was one of the biggest threats. We definately didn't want these ideas to spread to our nation in the 1950s. The famous WWII led to these fears. Back then it was spreadin ginto other parts of Russia and Europe, and many people thought it would reach our country and overule the democracy we have. People are trying to reform the government but they don't want corrupt ideas like socialism (Obama:[) influencing them. I think this could happen today fairly easily unfortunateley. If enough people want to try to overule the government I think it could. This kind of worries me.
I think Americans freaked out in the 1950's in fear that communism would spread to America and sweep over the nation. I believe This frightened Americans because our political system is different and that means that conflict or war was possible. The event that had happened in the 30's and 40's that led to the fear of Communism in America was World War 2. Yes it could happen today and actualy it is happening today with the war in Iraq.
I'm sorry for my intteruption in class today, but I am going to have to take a formal leave from this blog. Since I left before you spoke of today's lesson, I will have to catch up quickly tomorrow.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Steffeny Apollo
5th hour
p.s. please, do not take my words as sarcasm or excuses, since it does not make my situation any better for me.
Sorry again.
We feared communism because we thought it was going to spread to our nation. We didnt want it to take over our country. The event that happened in the 30's and 40's that led to the fear of Communism in America was World War 2. The communism in Soviet Union started to cause commotion in America once they started to spread into Western European states toward the United States. Thats when the Unites states stepped into stop the communist from going further. Some people in the united states believe in communism. The government has a system to control anyone from becoming communist.
I believe that america is really opend minded to everyone and very welcoming. This "Communism" started by germany and then the soviet union unleashed a ferious eruption of fear in our eyes. In the 1950's we feared communism because we thought it was going to spread all over the nation quickly. The United states did not want this to spread. The event's during the thirties and forties that lead to this fear was World War 2. This was becuase the German soldiers were spreading communism right by the U.S. The United States bleives we should all be treated equal.
The Untied States was worried that communism would overtake or spread here because of the domino affect. I feel that the United States felt they would not be in control of what was happening with the world if communism would have hit us. World War 2 helped create fear because of the westward spread of communism. I think people fear that communism will overtake socialism in are country. But i fear that anarchy is more of a threat in today society. If one of the big three car companies goes out of business it will be total hell. Thousands will loose there job and people will be forced to steal and commit crimes to provide for there familys.
taylor Wattles
We feared communism because we were scared it was going to spread through out the nation. We were afraid of not having control over the nation, an its people. I think communism will always be exist. We just need to get over our selfs. I personally don't like it, but thats just my opinion. I dont understand why in China their only alloud to have I think its two kids. But I'm pretty sure that their first born has to be a boy or they give it up, because males are more important than the females.
Samantha Casteel
5th hour
1950's did we freak out so much about Communism? What events of the 30's and 40's led to this fear of Communism in America? Could this happen today or is it happening today? Explain your answer.
In the1950s i think our emficance on communism was right where it needed to be. We were afraid of some of the repercussions that we thought could happen. I think that however some things were taken to an extreme. Like, bomb shelters and bomb drills at schools. Im no historian so i cant be exact on this but i think that the 30's and 40's was all of the cold war bs. So i think that it scared the US of what really could happen. Also i think it might have been WW2, so maybe we didnt want anything to threathen us after being vulnerable after a big war. I think that this could happen today but on a slight chance. I believe that our world has many things that need to be uncovered. Also i think that the communist countries are not really doing much to expand like they used to. Countrys are being and staying content with communism inside their borders.
People freaked out in the 1950's because they felt the government was trying to control society. People didn't want government telling them what to think and what to believe. They did not want there lives run by the government. We have a demoncratic and capitalistic government. In WWII we fought the Russians to protect our American society and independence. The Red Scare was just another example of the government showing there unconstrained power. This could be happening today. The government has tons of power and access to bank accounts, social security and all kinds of personal information.
trubeaI think we had a scare in the 1950's in particular, because, think about it, we just won a war, and now there is another threat coming at us. I believe that had a partial take on why it happened. I think one of the overwhelming factors, which i believe we face today, and as i will mention later, is the fact that, we as americans, do not want to be changed by others. that goes for every culture out there, but in particular, that definitely had an impact on the red scare.
the way these events happened, they really had a big change on the american view of others. going from a deep depression, where people lived on the streets, to people who were joining up in the army. we believed to impose our values against others free will, and what we got, was a mix of good and horrid. we really helped a lot of freaking people by stepping in; but the cary thing about us as americans, and i see it happen time and time again, we are really big assholes to other minorities, and then we overtake them, and secretly hide the fact we did anything bad. I'm not saying that we shouldn't have done anything different, because thats how we became the tolerant country we are today, but we are in a new era, where people don't know much about our past, so we can be the change we wish to believe in. thats why I believe In Barack Obama. off current politics here though, i believe the way these events unfolded, we thought the only choice, was to overpower and execute those who were deemed unsuitable for american life, just as the Nazi's had done to , not only the jewish religion, but the homosexuals, the mentally and physically disabled, and many surrounding cultures. except we did not kill our own people, directly at least.
I do believe there are grassroots communists in america, obviously, they would want to get a hold of power in the senate, and some already do. but another thing that some people do not know about, is that there are Nazi people in america, that believe in that sort of government. they are called Neo-Nazi's. Its a scary thing to think people would choose to believe in that, but, Remember this one kiddies, as long as they aren't hurting anyone, they can believe in whatever they want.
I hate that clause as much as the next american, but, if you chose to be an asshole in public, or choose to believe in a fascist way of life, or if you want to believe that god is in some cereal box, well bless your heart, you can believe in whatever you want, as long as you are not hurting me. but we could get into a lot of exception to that clause, but for now, we shall go with that.
Summary: in the way actions happened, our beliefs told us we could do nothing but kill those who did not believe, and in doing so, we became those at which we hated most. and in todays society, people believe in certain applications, because they can, and they do for a reason, one and only, to bring it as a daily way of life.
even shorter summary: it happened in the past, and it sure as hell will happen again, because as humans, we aim to kill our own species because we can. And "We Will, Oh Yes, We Will."
Nick Visger
5th hour
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Sorry this is late my computer shut down yesterday.
I think that we freaked out in the 1950's because communism was suck an evil thing. The U.S. Is open minded when it comes to religion and your freedom but not dictratorship. One big event that led to the fear of communism was world war two. They saw how people were being treated in europe and Asia that they didn't want that to happen to the U.S. An other thing that was a big fear was the Domino Effect. The U.S. Saw communsim spreading quickly. Sooner or later it was going to hit the U.S. I think the only way that Communsim could happen again would be if Obama does a horrible job in office and the people start to rebel. Then they hear a voice telling them what they want to hear and bang you got your dictator.
Zack Ruffin 6th hour
Well like we talked about in the 1950s communism was spreading and everybody thought it could spread to the U.S. I think they had a somewhat valid reson for freaking out becuase they saw how bad communsism was and they werent sure if communism could come here. In the 30's and 40's part of what made the U.S. afraid was that they werent really informed on what went on in a communist government. they just heard smalls parts of what was happening in russia and that fear of the unknown made them afraid. I think this same thing could very well happen today. with the economy cahnging as it is i think people arent sure what could happen. I dont think people today would expect the U.S. to go communist but something else in a similar way could maybe happen.
John McLean
America is a contry thats known as freedom. I believe america was so scared of communism because they did not want it. We are known as the land of the free...with communism that would never happen. This "Communism" started by germany and then the soviet union unleashed a ferious eruption of fear in our eyes. Knowing we could loose our world power by this we had to take an action. The cold war was push and shove but we managed to take first in the long run. Honestly we almost blew ourselves off the face of the earth. If communism had made it as far as us the world would be very different.
Alex MArtin
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