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They held the democratic values of which the nation was built on to a high degree and did not want to fall to a dictatorship

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Americans became fearful of the spread of Soviet communism. This fear was fed by the news media and politicians who portrayed the Soviets as bent on world domination.
In communist nations, people were not allowed to own land, follow their religious beliefs, or speak and act freely. Americans were afraid that the Soviets would take over the U.S. and take away their freedoms.

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the government would have full control which meant that the citizens wouldnt have full freedom

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In an economic perspective, Americans feared communism because property rights in communist countries are exclusive private property. Communism countries are controlled by dictatorship. In America, citizens enjoy their inclusive private property rights and the right to have control over their businesses or freedom of using their common sources. In other words, communism property and economic resources are owned and managed by the government and state, rather than the citizens. This goes against a core American value. America had the ability to expand immensely with its commitment to capitalism, so why switch to communism. This accumulated fear.
- Suhail Almojadid

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People were fearful of communism because of full control by the government which meant the citizens would have absolutely no freedoms at all. The people would be powerless. They already had a taste of Capitalism and were loving there new found freedoms.

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They feared communism because America was made one of the greatest countries because of capitalism. They were afraid to loose their place as number one, and they were afraid of the domino effect of communism.

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Communism is about government control. America is about freedom. Communism is the complete opposite. People would no longer have freedom of speech, etc.

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Because its opposite of what america stands for

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It threatened their freedom

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because then the government would dictate everything and regular folk wouldn't have a voice

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they probably didn't want to die

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Americans feared Communism, because our nation was so great because of our commitment to capitalism.

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Because they didn't want democracy to fall to a dictatorship. They saw the effects of communism in practice and the misery it brought and didn't want it for themselves.