One event that caused great fear in the United States in 1949 was the communist takeover of China. The other event was the Soviet Union detonating an atomic bomb.
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Red Scare, USSR test3e their first atomic bomb, "Joe 1" which imitated the Fat Boyatomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
The missile crisis was in the early 60'ies. Not the late 50'ies.
her fear was being dsicovered as a woman soldier
The Chinese Communists took over the country in 1949
Great Britain, France, and Italy
The Palmer Raids following World War I were caused by fear of Communists, anarchists, socialists and other leftists. This fear had been present in the U.S. for decades but it was greatly heightened by the Communist overthrow of their government in Russia during the war as well as a general strike and other labor unrest and an increased number of violent acts by leftists here in the U.S. The Palmer Raids were a government action, but the fear of Communists was widespread among the people during this time of the "Red Scare".
No it was not - they were American citizens who had done nothing wrong. They were not fighting on the Japanese side during the war. The internment was caused by fear and racism.