History GCSE
Red Scare of the late 1940s
What Red Scare of the late 1940s means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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A post-war challenge in the USA, placed in the late 1940s, that included the role of J Edgar Hoover and the Rosenberg case.
Topics that use Red Scare of the late 1940s
- The USA 1945–1974: The People and the State (J410/07) - Post-war challenges in the USA 1945–1954 (OCR GCSE)
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