Englelhardt English III CP 12‚ March 2011 McCarthyism Vs. Salem Witch Trials What would your reaction be if you were accused of something and were innocent? This is what happened to many people in the Salem Witch Trials and in McCarthyism. Innocent people were being punished for crimes that they did not commit. Even though there was little evidence‚ they were being hurt simply because somebody didn’t like their personal beliefs. The Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism are alike in many ways including their
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happened hundreds of years apart be strikingly similar? The themes and events of the Salem witch trails and McCarthyism era are very similar but still very different. The two events happened in the US history. The Salem witch trails happened in the year 1692 ‚ while the McCarthyism era was going on in the 1950-60 . The events happened 258 years apart. In both the witch trails and McCarthyism the accusations where based on pointless facts. “They be telling lies about my wife” (miller214). People
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McCarthyisms is the taking of countless innocent people and persecuting them by Joseph McCarthy’s aggressive tactics. McCarthyism is also known as “Red Scare.” Joseph McCarthy plays a part in the growing concerns that Americans had about Communism in the country by spending almost 5 years trying to expose communist
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954) The landmark unanimous ruling in Brown v. Board of Education overturned the “separate but equal” precedent established in Plessy v. Ferguson. With a ruling of 8-1‚ the Plessy v. Ferguson Court purported that as long as the facilities that the two races occupied were equal in quality and accommodations‚ then it was constitutionally permissible for the facilities to be separate. The majority stated that: “The object of the [Fourteenth] amendment was
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Propaganda: McCarthyism At a time of tension between two superpowers after the Second World War‚ also known as the Cold War‚ America brought its own propaganda to counter that of the Soviet Union. Through McCarthyism politicians imposed panic in the minds of Americans of communist control within the US. Its effects inhibited Americas Social‚ political‚ and diplomatic conflict during the Cold War era. The anti-communist propaganda in long run did not help America in terms of being socially progressive
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Discuss the roots and emergence of McCarthyism in the late 40s and early 50s. Though the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) peaked with it’s highest number of members in 1940-1941‚ with 750‚000 members‚ by this area in time it was looked down upon. It had‚ earlier in the decade‚ been a successful agent against fascism and a huge help in the advancement and creation of labor unions‚ and for that reason people were joining it. However‚ many people were becoming communists unknowingly just
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Vietnam War of 1954-1975 prolonged to a conflict that potholed the communist in the North Vietnam’s government and the southern allies; that was called the Viet Cong‚ versus the South Vietnam’s government and its chief ally‚ the US. This war was known as the “American War” in Vietnam (War against the Americans to save their Nation). This war was as well divisor of a larger local controversy‚ and this might have led to the cold war that existed between the United States and their respective allies
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To start off‚ the fear and paranoia of world destruction that existed in the McCarthy Era‚ was also clearly present in The Crucible with its deeply religious nature. American society during the McCarthy Era had a great fear of the Communists because they believed that the Communists wanted nuclear war‚ which meant the destruction of America and the rest of the world. On the other hand‚ communists did not yet exist in the time period that The Crucible took place in. Instead‚ the deeply religious nature
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Joseph McCarthy was a junior senator from Wisconsin who gave a speech in West Virginia in February 1950 in which he made the threat of communism clear to the people‚ “Today‚ only six years later‚ there are 800 million people under the absolute domination of Soviet Russia - an increase of over 400 percent. On our side the figure has shrunk to around 500 million. In other words‚ in less than six years the odds have changed from 9 to 1 in our favor to 8 to 5 against us” (Document G). The Soviet Union
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As a first generation Polish American‚ I grew up believing that medicine is untrustworthy. I was taught by the Polish community to avoid doctors and only went to a clinic when necessary. I have since abandoned this conviction and wholeheartedly accept the immense benefits of preventive care. However‚ a thought remains that haunts me‚ “Why is the Polish community so opposed to healthcare?” This question can be answered by looking to the past. During the communist era‚ the Polish medical system was
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