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Old April 18, 2009, 06:36 PM
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Question What if the Red Scare never happened?

This is a writing assignment for my American History class....

What if the topic you have chosen for the 1920's project had never existed? How would life be different politically, socially, and/or economically today?

In the body of your paper give at least 2 examples of how life has changed because of the effects of your topic.

You know the topic. It's The Red Scare.

I need an introduction, body, and a conclusion.

Please check for errors in spelling, grammar, and puntuation and all that. and please see if the intro, body, and conclusion are OK. Make suggestions if needed, or help too -.-

It is due Monday, so reply as soon as possible before Monday! Thanks for helping

Here it goes...

As Americans read about the Russian Revolution occurring in Russia, fears of Communists in their own country began to spread. The terms bolshevik, anarchist, communist, and red were used to describe people who were perceived as a threat. What if, though, the Russian Revolution never happened?

If the Russian Revolution never occurred, the Red Scare would not have happened.


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Old April 19, 2009, 06:38 AM
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I have read that the Red Scare is a term used to describe the period between 1017-1920 and 1947-1958 when the fear to a communist infiltration was used for the State to imprison people accused of being "red". Maybe it was more an obsession than a reality (well, I don't know). A similar thing happened in Spain after the Civil War, and a lot of people was accused of being "red" and then imprisoned or executed. Many people went to another countries for living there (a lot of them were artists and intellectuals). I don't know if such thing happened in USA too.
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yes it did when the Americans read about the Russian Revolution....and I think you mean 1917-1920 now 1017-1920 a little mistake there
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yes it did when the Americans read about the Russian Revolution....and I think you mean 1917-1920 now 1017-1920 a little mistake there
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How about the fact that had America not been so anti-Communist, it wouldn't have drastically tightened immigration laws during the early 1920s stopping groups with communist ideas (e.g Italians, Russians, Japanese etc) coming into the US? It could be said that these Communist ideas entrenched in the population led to the build up of the Cold War, the disagreement of Japan and the USA (leading to the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima) and the hostilities in Vietnam, which ended up as a war on Communism. Then maybe look at the effects the Vietnam War had on America's reputation, economy etc

Just some ideas, they might be a bit late, considering you're handing this in soon

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wow, that really helps! thanks! It's not too late yet!
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yes it did when the Americans read about the Russian Revolution....and I think you mean 1917-1920 now 1017-1920 a little mistake there
The Red Scare was not a result of only the Russian Revolution, though. There were other, domestic, issues that scared the Americans.
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