What+Caused+The+Red+Scare?

The Red Scare was caused by the Bolshevik government in Russia. There was an economic depression after WWI. There was a battle for food. The Bolsheviks blatantly stole food from rural Russia and starved them. The leaders, Lenin and Trotsky, started the famine as a "political weapon". The result was a massive famine that killed from 2.5 to 5 million people. The Americans were afraid of the same thing happening in their homeland.