Why was the United States fearful of the Soviet Union in the "Cold War"?
1 Answer
The USA feared the Soviet Union during the Cold War because of the Red Scare.
Explanation:
The USA and the USSR had opposite ideologies during the Cold War-The USA favored liberal democracy along with a capitalistic mode of production whereas the USSR advocated popular democracy and a socialistic mode of production.
The early fifties were marked by McCarthyism, MacCarthy was a Wisconsin senator who blamed communist traitors in the army or in government agencies, the fears he triggered were fuelled by the nuclear bomb which the Soviet Union had gained in 1947.
Communism had spread both in China and in Eastern Europe and many people in the USA feared it might conquer the entire planet. The traditions and the ideals of the USA, based on freedom and free enterprise were seen as the exact opposite of the values of communism.
