Compare and Contrast the two Red Scares

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1st Red Scare

- 1917-1920

-Foreign subversion (overthrow the government)

-bomb scares

-fear of foreigners

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2nd Red Scare

- 1947-1957

-domestic subversion (overthrow the government)

-nuclear bomb threat

-fear of communists in the government and the community

-blacklists (movies, radio, tv, and books)

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Both Red Scares

-inflation

-labor strikes

-followed World Wars

-civil rights violations (Palmer, McCarthy, and Nixon- exploited fears to advance their careers)

-controversial trials (Sacco and Vanzetti, and the Rosenburgs)

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