During the late 1940s and early 1950s the prospect of communist subversion at home and abroad seemed frighteningly real to many people in the United States These fears came to defineand in some cases corrodethe eras ID: 290614
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McCarthyism & The Cold War
During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the prospect of communist subversion at home and abroad seemed frighteningly real to many people in the United States. These fears came to define–and, in some cases, corrode–the era’s
political, social and popular culture.*
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http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/joseph-mccarthySlide2
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”