Red Scare

Cultural  

1. The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution.

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Example Sentences

The Red Scare followed—the government arrested and deported radicals, breaking unions like the IWW and hobbling labor for a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal

This era became known as the Red Scare, and many ordinary citizens were accused of sympathizing with the Communists.

From Literature

When I pulled up to the gates, security was especially heavy because of the Red Scare.

From Literature

The decade of the 1950s was the time of the Red Scare.

From Literature

She describes it as “about McCarthyism and the Red Scare. It’s a little bit of a murder mystery too.”

From Los Angeles Times