The Red Scare

By kaleigh26417

  • The Red Scare Begins

    The Red Scare Begins
    Many people in the United States began to fear that the U.S government was starting to become more of a bolshevik government.

  • Strike

    Strike
    60,000 people in Seattle went on strike because they wanted to resist becoming communists.

  • Mail Bombs

    Mail Bombs
    People began to act out against the Senators/Leaders with mail bombs.

  • More bombs

    More bombs
    Eight bombs were sent to different cities where many govenors or senators were staying.

  • The second Red Scare

    The second Red Scare
    Republican campaigners claimed that Roosevelt, labor union leaders, and other prominent Democrats had communist ties. While Democratic polititioners blamed republicans to be on Hitlers side.

  • The Hunt for Subversives

    The Hunt for Subversives
    Whittaker Chamber, who was a confessed member of a communist group, accused Alger Hiss of being in a small communist group in the 1930's.

  • Whittaker Chamber and Alger Hiss

    Whittaker Chamber and Alger Hiss
    Chamber and Hiss case
    Chambers and Hiss went to court and it was clear one of them was lying. In the end they discovered Alger Hiss was lying yet they didn't have enough information to charge him with being a traitor insted he got 5 years in jail for lying after giving the oath in court.

  • Joseph MCcarthy

    Joseph MCcarthy
    Joseph MCcarthy
    Joseph MCcarthy, the senator of Wisconsin, announced to the Ohio County Republican Women's Club of Wheeling that he had a list of 205 names of people in the state department who could have been associated with Communisms

  • Joseph MCcarthy

    Joseph MCcarthy
    interview
    MCarthy began blaming many people that they were part of the communists in America.

  • The Red Hunt

    The Red Hunt
    Joseph mCcarthy begain blaming the democrats and Franklin Roosevelt for letting communists come int othe united states government.