The first was the “Hatch act of 1939”, which prevented the hiring of federal workers who were part of the Communist Party. Next came the “Public Law 135” in 1941, which gave the government power to investigate any worker suspected of being a “commie” and fire them. The government benefited from Anti-Communism because it was an easy way to control the masses into thinking that whatever they did was right because it was for the “greater good of democracy”. This ideology was very effective because the American people were eager to fight for their country, to get rid of the communist threat, which was necessary during WWII. After WW2, Anti-Communism grew even more during the Cold War.
He believed there should be a smychka (alliance) between peasants and workers (didn’t want to create differences between them.) • Trotsky wanted to abolish the NEP- Resented the fact that much of the USSR’s industry was under the direct control of the government. Hated the NEPMEN (traders who made large profits from the NEP.) Wanted to end the inequality between poor peasants and kulaks. Wanted to abolish private farms and introduce collective farming.
The Second Red Scare In1945 when world war two had ended due to Japan surrendering, the United States and soviets had become the two new superpowers. They were fighting so much that it created the cold war at the end of the war. During this war the soviets wanted to spread communism and the United States wanted to contain it. This time period was known as The Second Red Scare (ohiocentralhistory.org). Truman hastily enacted plans to contain communism in America after seeing that Communist in China had almost full control of country (slideshare.net).
The country then feared the spread of communism which lead into more global involvement. In the Truman Doctrine proposed by president Harry Truman he states “I believe that it must be a policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures”(Reading 151). What he means by this is that the future of the United States relies on helping other countries and keeping them safe from the threats of communism/totalitarianism. The US even got involved in the Korean war that was being fought within Korea due to the fear that communism may spread. This goes to show how US is no longer under isolationism but rather being the leader of the world trying to protect
Another figure, Osama bin Laden also began his rise to power. Although he disliked Americans in the Soviet war effort, bin Laden was considered to be an ally to the United States. After the war, he would then orchestrate attacks against the western world, and would be the mastermind of the September 11th attacks in America, which caused the U.S to invade
Reagan thought that the United States needed to prepare its military defense systems just in case the Soviets decided to nuke the Americans. He believed that military preparedness would lead to and achieve peace among the countries. Reagan, with the help of his advisors and his two administrations, developed this Cold War Strategy. They spent billions of dollars
China falling to communism caused great fear to spread across America as they worried Japan would be next in line to adopt the communist ideology. Due to the defeat of the US-backed regime in China under Chiang Kai-shek, the most populous nation had passed under the control of Communists, led by Mao Zedong. This event caused a wave of terror over the US as they were worried that due to the domino effect, Japan would be next to fall to communism. This would have caused the US to involve themselves in the war as Japan was under the USA’s control and was a key power to the US due to it being the main production line of US military jeeps and was of huge economic wealth. It was believed by Truman that if Japan fell to communism ideology then America would follow shortly after, which is something that brought great fear to Truman and American citizens.
Therefore when the north invaded the south the US felt as though they needed to intervene because they could not let communism spread. They used the excuse that another country was going to be ‘lost’ to communism just as China was. At the same time the USSR were boycotting the National Security Council meeting because they wanted China to be a part of it. The US used this to their advantage and suggested to the UN that Korea needed military aid. This allowed them to enter Korea despite it not being in the defensive perimeter strategy.
Imagine living under the authority of a government that’s unnervingly similar to communism. Your every choice is dictated by a government who controls your life based on the issues of minorities. A Buy Nothing Day is completely ridiculous and unnecessary. We should not establish an annual Buy Nothing Day because the government wasn’t formed to control citizens’ moral/selfish
This theory was made well-liked to people by Karl Marx and Friedrich in their Communist Manifesto, 1848. So it clarifies that in Communism people will have no personal possession to the properties and the society should be equal. The people known as Anti-communists are actually defined for their position in opposition to Communism rather than their deeds and initiatives. These people say that the way of life in Communism is not accepted by anyone as a good one. Anyone alone may say that the way defined in Communism is a wrong way to lead a life and controlling life of someone living in the interior of a specific state is not correct either.