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'How real was the threat of Communist spies within the USA?"
To the USA, the threat of communist spies is very real; and the USA took it very seriously. An example could be the loyalty oaths(1947), where hundreds of government workers lost their jobs for being “potentially” disloyal. Which sometimes was just been incriminate by their friends or people beside them.

Another example would be the Alger Hiss case(1950) and Rosenberg trail(1953). The reality of being betrayed by their own people raised the fears of the USA towards spies, also the threat of communist party became stronger. Due to the fears of the people of the US toward the communist spies, it is clearly shown that the USA really took the event seriously.

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What arguments could be made FOR and AGAINST this statment: "America's poor, in the mid 20th century, were mostly responsible for their own problems."

The people under poverty in the mid 20th centuries were not responsible for their own problem. A good example would be the working poor. The poor people did work, but their wages were too low to lift them out of poverty. It wasnt their responsibility to get low wages, the companies which charged them low wages were reponsible.

The people under poverty were somehow responsible for their own condition. An example would be "In 2004, the poverty rate for adults aged 25 or older with college degrees was 4 percent." That means, Americans were poor, yet; they still have the power to lift themselves up.