What part of the world did many Americans fear would become communist in the years immediately following the end of WWII?

soviet union

Explanation:

the U.S had gone through a "Red Scare" the U.S was worried for their safety and had paniced. Fed. employees were screnned to see if they were loyal to the U.S, and had started to watch out for Soviet spies

thomas jefferson is the answer

the punishment for breaking the law would depend on the conditions or the seriousness of the law being broken, if he or she breaks the law while doing some great discovery or invention then it would classify as a scientific fraud. there are other words to describe the crime but scientific fraud would be the harshest one.