The Second Red Scare The fear of communism in the U.S. after WWII.

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The Second Red Scare The fear of communism in the U.S. after WWII

Causes Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe Chinese communist victory American Communist Party Soviet atomic bomb Spy Cases – These led people to believe Soviet infiltration into U.S. society.

Loyalty Review Board Designed to review government employees to get rid of those that could be deemed disloyal.

HUAC Investigated allegations of communist activity in the early years of the Cold War.

McCarthyism Sen. Joseph McCarthy Accused people of being communist without providing evidence

Spy Cases Alger Hiss: accused of passing documents to the USSR. Guilty of perjury. Rosenbergs: accused of passing atomic bomb secrets to USSR. Guilty of espionage.