Red Scare in the Cold War

Review the main differences between the US and the USSR.  Think back to reasons why many Americans were afraid of communists.  Read this summary of the Rosenbergs.  Next, watch this YouTube video on Hiss and the Rosenbergs.

Then read this summary of McCarthyism.  In the comments, discuss what you think the best way to handle respond to communism would have been in the United States.