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Cold War & American Society

In the 1950's, thousands of Americans lived in fear because they heard rumors that Communists were trying to take over the world. It started when the Red Scare began in 1945, when Igor G. walked out of the Soviet Embassy in Canada, with documents obtaining information about the atomic bomb. It stunned the Americans because now they know that there are spies among them. They feared subversion, which is the effort to weaken a society secretly and overthrow its government. Another spy they accused was Alger Hiss, a diplomat who served in Roosevelt's administration. But while the government was worrying about all that, imagine how Life during this Cold War was for the normal americans.