The great Red Scare followed World War I after the concern about the Bolshevic revolution in 1917. This event frightened many Americans who feared that radicals in the United States might try to follow the Bolshevic example. Rumors began circulating and these ideas became an exaggerated scare in 1...

In the United States, decade following World War II should have been an era of prosperity and peace. After all, the Great Depression that had pervaded the 1920s through the 1930s was over. The United States had emerged victorious from the war. The country's position as a military superp...