What were some effects of the fear of communism that swept the united states in the 1950’s?

It led to neighbors blaming each other of being communist spies. It also lead to a lot of people being wrongly accused and thrown wrongly into jail. Another effect was that it left Americans scared that communism might take over.

Communicating with the dead was common, it wasn’t seen as bizarre or weird,” explains murch. “it’s hard to imagine that now, we look at that and think, ‘why are you opening the gates of hell? ’