Question

Which of the following is the best evidence that Cold War fears affected American civil liberties during the 1950s?

Answer 1

In the absence of options, the answer is as follows.

The Communist Party of USA, which was often troubled and oppressed by the American government officials, approached the American Civil liberties Union (ACLU) to support them. But the ACLU found the Communists to be unethical and often engaged in illegal activities.

During the ‘Red Scare’ when more Americans started to think that Communist revolution in Russia could spread to the United States, they turned to organisations such as the ACLU, which was set up during world War I.