The Second Red Scare and increasing violence against black civil rights campaigners, especially in the Deep South, made many people uneasy about the political climate in the USA. A liberalism approach took place under President JFK, while campaigning he discussed the meaning of 'liberalism'. He said that, if it meant forward-thinking, flexible, concerned about the welfare of the people and willing to try to be less suspicious abroad, then he was happy to be classed as one.