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AP United States History›Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980›Period 8: 1945–1980

The Red Scare and Postwar Culture

Fear of communism fueled McCarthyism, while suburbs, consumerism, and the baby boom reshaped American life.

McCarthyism
Suburbanization
Conformity and its critics

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8Period 8: 1945–1980

The Cold War
The Red Scare and Postwar Culture
The Civil Rights Movement
The Vietnam War
The Great Society and the 1960s
The Environment and a Society in Transition

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Also called: red scare, mccarthyism, suburbs