Why would the threat of communism be a threat to the United States way of life?

the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or anarchism by a society or state

because america isn't communist, america is socialist.

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the dust bowl, otherwise known as the dirty thirties, was a huge dust storm that killed multiple (and i mean  multiple) farmer's crops, leaving them homeless, and foodless, and jobless. in california, there were 5.7 million residents, and the population shrank as mexicans were repatriated. however, when the dustbowl happened, a lot of people began to move to california. by 1940, 250,000 people had arrived. therefore, your answer would be  the population increased, massively.  i hope this !

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