WHY DID COMMUNISM HAVE SUCH A STRONG EFFECT ON AMERICA AFTER WWI?

It is because of the USSR and them taking over lots of country's and for example the Vietnam war and the Korean war. In both wars the communist's parties were supplied by the USSR. Another thing is that both country's kept on feeling threatened by each other.

in 550 b.c.e. cyrus the great, the leader of the persians, conquered the medes and united the iranian people under one ruler for the first time. cyrus became the first king of the persian empire and went on to establish one of the largest empires in world.

to extend a country’s power and influence