Wednesday, November 15, 2017
The Red Scare
The Red Scare was a period in American history, mainly in the early and mid 1900s, when the American public was scared and/or angered by the copious amounts of people migrating from Europe and other countries to The United States. This fear and anger was also directed towards new schools of thought that were migrating with the people from abroad. The fear of communism was a hot topic for Americans because the cold war was looming over them, making communism something they were both scared of and hated with a passion. They were paranoid of soviet spies that the government warned them of and were distrustful of most immigrants. This suspicion and lack of trust made life very hard for those that had migrated and even their sons and daughters that were born in the United States. Not only was finding work hard, but immigrants were also more discriminated against in the court system, as was seen in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti. These immigrants having criminal records made situations even worse for them as after they were arrested, it was even less likely that they would be hired, much less at a job that would give them a fair wage for the amount of work that they had to do just to stay alive.
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I believe that this post brings up a very interesting idea that can be applied even in modern day America. It has been said that America is a melting pot of many many cultures, and this is what makes it so versatile and diverse. However, at this time during the early-mid 1900s, and today in 2017, the diversity is shrinking due to new ideology. At that time, it was the Red Scare, the distrust of people due to the fear of Russian spies. Today, our lack of diversity is due to our new President, Donald Trump, who discourages immigration.
ReplyDeleteI think the post presented above is very informative and in addition I would like to add on the historical factor behind this. During the midst of the Cold War, as the threat of nuclear weapons became more apparent, the communists in American rose. Known as the red scare, eventually the rivalry between the two superpowers raised concern about the communist party in American as many believed the communist could work with the Soviet Union and pose threat to America. To add on to what you said above, even federal employees were examined to determine their loyalty to the government in order to prevent the further spread of communism inside America. The Red Scare was finally put to a stop in the late 1950s
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