Term Papers on The US And Containment

Term Paper Title	The US And Containment
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.43

The US and Containment

American Studies

Period 3-5

April 20, 2001

In the 1950’s, containment in the United States was a war of two fronts: preventing the spread of communism abroad, and promoting tradition and conformity at home. Not long after China fell to communism, communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea. Fearing the domino effect, the US army joined 16 other countries to fight in the Korean War and prevent communism from spreading. At home, domestic containment promoted conformity, and attacked people believed to be communist. This caused a “Red Scare”. Americans believed that the US communist party was how Stalin wished to take over the United States. Because of this, Truman established the Federal Employee Loyalty Program, and congress initiated HUAC, the House Un-American Activities committee. These programs led to the investigation of Alger Hiss and J. Robert Oppenhimer and to the death of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Even without strong evidence against them, once they were accused of being communist, it was nearly impossible for them to clear their names. Amer...

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