By far the greatest factor that characterized the red scare was a deep and often impractical fear of communism within the United States, since communist nations were seen as a threat to the economic prosperity and freedom of the United States.
One branch of government can check the other through the usage of "Checks and Balances", which states that no one branch can become to powerful, as the others have the right to suppress the other branch's power.
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In the early 1600 Ming China was conquered by the Manchus. In 1644 they conquered the Chinese empire and established the Qing dynasty.