How did the fear of the Soviet Union affect American culture and society?
During the cold war, the American people had just experienced an era that they deeply regretted that had an impact on their economic and social way of life. It was then something that they could live to remember with both sides of being a good thing and a bad thing. Among the things that make it a good thing, including the fact that they had won the war, and the bad thing was only that they were in a traumatic moment that would not only shape their way of life but also give them fear.
During the cold war and especially since the United States has come from a war, they were convinced that the war was not over, and there could be a war anytime, and possibly the United States would not be ready. It was a season for the United States that although they had fear, they still needed to be strong for each other. The main context of fear is explained by the Red Scare, which was meant to suppress the rights of people who were not of American descent. It is an evince of the fear and how the American officials responded to the fear in the efforts toward protecting the interests of the American people at the expense of the other citizens who were of different races.
It has then brought forwards a racist culture that does not seem to be welcoming to any foreigners who may have personal reasons for visiting the United States. These people are met with judgmental reactions from Americans who still have a fear of attacks from foreign nations, and it often results in racism. The society has also been one that questions the legitimacy of other people, which one can say was drawn from the period where the United States was fearful of people who were seen to be spies from the communist countries.