This article was about conflicts that were going on in Russia about trying to have a communist country and the scare that went around Europe passed down to United States. Communism at the time had another name as Bolshevism because that was the one of the main parties name in Russia who were trying to make their government communist. In 1917 when Russians overthrew the Czar Nicholas II there became a new movement in Russia called the Marxist radicals or the Bolsheviks lead by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Europe saw their plan of trying to become communist and became frightened and called the United States for help to try to stop Russia. But as much as they tried the scare came to United States after the socialist formed an American Communist Party. Government saw the danger of it and put an attack on all communist and tried to stop anybody who showed any signs of being communist such as seeking better wages or equal rights from women and African Americans. This Communist (“Red”) menace had damage to American values and kept the American democracy from growing.
1. Why do you think Europe was so scared of Russian movement of Communism or Bolshevism?
2. How and in what ways did the Red Scare affect the American democracy from growing?
i think you did a great job on your summary and basically said all the important parts in the reading. i think the United States did a great job in getting involved in the war because if they didn't than it would have lead to real major problems and maybe today russian would not be as it is now.
ReplyDelete1) i think Europe was real scared of Russian movemnt of Communism or Bolshevism because russian is one of the big countries in Europe and they must have been real scared that if russia became a communist country than it would try to change the other countries in Europe to.
2) The red scare affected Americans from growing because it damaged there traditional american values.