Which group was targeted in the united states during the red scare?

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25 December, 13:52

Which group was targeted in the united states during the red scare?

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Paulina Cowan · Answer 1

Communists were targeted in the United States during the Red Scare.

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The Red Scare refers to two periods of strong anti-communist attitudes in American history. The first covered the period between 1919 and 1921 after the Russian Revolution, and the second between 1947 and 1957 was characterized by McCarthyism. The two periods were marked by great distrust of communists and other radical circles and fears of communist infiltration in the US government. This led to the suppression of, among other things, the suspected communists within government. One of those affected was Charlie Chaplin, who was denied entry to the United States in 1952 and then settled in Switzerland.