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    is the massive anti-communism movement that took place in the United-States between 1947 and 1954. By looking at the facts found in the play‚ and by looking at the history of the anti-communism movement ‚ we will make the parrallels between these two major crimes against freedom of expression. Arthur Miller ’s play is written in a way that really shows the parrallels between the Salem witch trials and McCarthyism of the mid 50s. This is because Miller wrote this play during the crisis that created

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    quote shows both the dilemma in the Salem Witch Trials‚ which Arthur Miller set his story in‚ and the era of McCarthyism which he kind of writes about; John was going to confess to being a witch but couldn’t because he didn’t want to ruin his name for his family. He was an innocent man but died because he didn’t confess. This is very similar to what was happening during the 50’s when McCarthyism first started. Arthur Miller’s use of the Salem Witch Trials in the Crucible demonstrates

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    10th grade American history test chapter 18 study guide. Study online atquizlet.com/_cfsic 1. What were two major differences between the governments of U.S. and Soviet Union?: US: Capitalism‚ private citizens controlled almost all economic activity. Voting was done by the people electing a president and a congress from competing political parties. SOVIET UNION: Communism‚ State controlled all property and economic activity. Communist party established a totalitarian government with no

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    Vietminh controlled rural northern and central Vietnam while French controlled major cities - So that the French could limit war costs and casualties‚ they gave Vietnam limited independence with French union under puppet emperor- Bao Dai - 1947‚ US abducted the ‘containment policy’ concerning Vietnam and its communist underlyings. American interest grew. - Ho chi Minh’s government was in the North‚ French blockade in the south. - 1949 communist victory in Chinese civil war heightened

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    roots from the time since the Second World War. The author‚ Mark Hamilton Lytle‚ used a chronological approach to explain the era by dividing the sixties into three separate phases. The first is the era of consensus‚ which starts approximately around 1954 and includes the years up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. From there‚ Lytle talks about events in the second phase: the years from 1964 to 1968. These are the years after Kennedy’s death until the election of Richard Nixon as president

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    schools and railroads. 1946: The Supreme Court‚ in Morgan v. The Commonwealth of Virginia‚ rules that state laws requiring racial segregation on buses violates the Constitution when applied to interstate passengers. 1947: Jackie Robinson breaks the color line in major league baseball. 1947:

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    w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level .c rs om 2059/01 May/June 2012 PAKISTAN STUDIES Paper 1 History and Culture of Pakistan Additional Materials: * 1 3 8 3 7 5 8 8 7 7 * 1 hour 30 minutes Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all

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    The motivations of The Crucible : reputation‚ jealousy‚ and guilt take part in the story as well as in McCarthyism. In McCarthyism many people were targeted and jailed for being a communist. These accusations led to people losing their jobs and to move from the United States. In The Crucible people were hung for accusations of witchcraft. Reputation is the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something. In The Crucible Parris is worried about his reputation. Parris’s daughter

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    TTP9 Pop Culture as History: The War Comes Home After World War II‚ the United States faced a malevolent philosophical dispute that had spread from within itself. Chapter nine in Thinking Through the Past is titled “Pop Culture as History: The War Comes Home” because it identifies America’s disposition over the subject of communism during the Cold War era. Historian Stephen J. Whitfield writes his secondary source entitled‚ “The Culture of the Cold War” which presents a detailed analysis pertaining

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    desegregation in the U.S. military in 1948 but was not perfected until the year 1954. Ultimately‚ this became a symbol for Americans that the federal government wanted a change to occur and the action illustrated that desegregation would work. Thus‚ encouraged‚ civil rights groups used the time to build up momentum for what was to come during the 1960’s.

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