<span>Communism seemed to threaten the basic values that many Americans held. Some people worried that Communists in America were getting into positions of power in politics and the entertainment industry.- APEX</span>
The levels of power in the white house
Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition in 1853 to Tokyo to force trade with Japan displayed the use of "gunboat diplomacy" by the united states, since the United States was threatening (by implication) to use force if diplomacy failed.
