The intolerance of the "Red scares" was perpetrated by the Republican party and in particular, Senator Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy made claims that there were communists "known to the Secretary of State" working and making policy within the state department. This was politically motivated because McCarthy was trying to further his own political career. It was uncertain whether he would maintain his seat in Congress in the 1950 mid-term elections, so he needed a strong issue to campaign on. He had witnessed Richard Nixon become a household name in the United States, when he successfully prosecuted Algar Hiss, who was accused of passing government papers to the Soviets. McCarthy desired a national reputation and the Republican party used

Again, Truman creates the environment with his intolerance, but then tries to resist when the Republicans push their intolerance too far. The Republicans showed their true hypocritical colours when they introduced the Taft-Hartley act, which placed further restrictions on strikes and required trade union leaders to swear that they were not communists. This was passed through Congress, despite Truman's opposition to the Act. The Republicans were prepared to use any situation to damage Truman, but he was not able to resist that intolerance.

Truman made efforts to resist intolerance in the United States society, but he was unable to resist effectively. This was largely because from 1946 he was trapped with a Republican Congress that restricted what he could do. His attempts to interest the American public in foreign affairs had created the circumstances for McCarthy's intolerance and his intolerance toward the unions had created the circumstances for the Republican's intolerance. He then had to resist the intolerance to prevent it becoming too extreme. The difference was that Truman was intolerant for altruistic reasons, whereas the Republicans were intolerant for personal advantage. Truman's intolerance had a reasoning behind it, whereas the Republicans used every situation to try and damage Truman. Truman did try to resist racism, but he couldn't achieve much because of the Republican Congress. But he did make race an issue within American politics and make his views known. In conclusion, Truman did not resist the forces of intolerance in American society very successfully, but this was due to factors outside his control, rather than his personal beliefs.

McCarthy to play on the fears that already existed in society about a communist threat to the United States to damage Truman's administration.

Truman showed his intolerance towards the unions by refusing the rail workers the right to strike. The rail workers were striking because they wanted to protest about not receiving any wage increases. Truman took over the railroads by an executive order and he wanted to conscript the workers and have the army run the railroads. Then the workers

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