<Tab/>The Korean War and McCarthyism served as eye-openers to American society. They let the U.S. see what the Soviet Union, and Joseph Stalin really were--a totalitarian nation whose leader slaughtered millions of people. <Tab/>As World War II came to and end, the US and USSR were at a standoff. The two countries resembled one another very closely. They both conducted a kind of missionary …showed first 75 words of 616 total…

…showed last 75 words of 616 total…eyes, they realized that Stalin wasn't the good man they thought he was. He was an evil dictator who killed almost 20 million people. He destroyed anyone who had a brain or an education, and then he turned on his generals and captains to ensure that he would not have any challengers to overthrow him. The Korean War and McCarthyism let the American public see the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin for what they really were.