The Red Scare and McCarthyism had begun Paranoia, disloyalty, people losing their jobs. The Red Scare and McCarthyism both made everything else worse. Communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx, which advocates class warfare and leads to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. At the end of the month, when they receive their salary, they both end up with the same amount of money, it's not fair, right? but this is more or less McCarthyism. In the 1950s there was great paranoia and the government technically speaking did not confide in anyone else and falsely accused other people (Essay). The government was so paranoid that they did background checks on almost everyone and many people were fired for this, not for disloyalty or because they suspected they were fired for other things like being homosexual. More than 100 people were fired for being homosexual (Essay). One of the biggest problems of the 1950's was McCarthyism, created by Senator McCarthy to go against the communist party and a lot more paranoia arose and caused many people to be blacklisted (McCarthyism). Being blacklisted meant that you could no longer find work because business or factory owners put you on the list. The owners told all the other companies and factories that you were a bad worker or that you were lazy and a lot of different lies. They would also get fired due to background checks (wise). People weren't happy with the situation at the time, with so much paranoia and disloyalty going around and people getting fired for small reasons like being homosexual. One of the questions... at the heart of the document... the Institute of American History. Np, nd Web. March 16, 2014. “Essay 2, Unit IV.” Essay 2, Unit IV. Np, nd Web. March 19, 2014. “McCarthyism.” ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, n.d. Web. March 16, 2014. “McCarthyism and Cold War Diplomatic Security in the 1950s.” state.gov. Np, nd Web. March 19, 2014. “Sixth Draft: Communism and Freedom.” Eisenhower.archives.gov. Np, nd Web. March 20, 2014. "The Cold War Museum." Cold War Museum. Np, nd Web. March 18. 2014. .