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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'Red Scare. The Communist Hysteria in the US During the 1950s', 1.
  • Essays 'Red Scare. The Communist Hysteria in the US During the 1950s', 2.
  • Essays 'Red Scare. The Communist Hysteria in the US During the 1950s', 3.
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One evening in 1950 a Houston couple entered a Chinese restaurant. The woman, a radio writer, wanted the proprietor's help in producing a program on recent Chinese history. Overhearing their conversation, a nearby man rushed out, phoned the police, and informed them that people were 'talking Communism.' The couple was immediately arrested and jailed for 14 hours before the police concluded they had no case. At about the same time a policeman in Wheeling, West Virginia, discovered some penny-candy machines dispensing goodies with tiny geography lessons. …

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