The text says the Red Scare was primarily a phenomenon of government and politics. Give one example of how the government contributed to the fear of communism in America in the 1950s. Support your answer with evidence from the text.

"the only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. they were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house."