by different kinds of people. Roberts supported his article with direct quotes from influential people during that time period and facts explaining‚ in great detail‚ how McCarthyism led to the distrust between Americans. Sam Roberts described how McCarthy led through the fear he acquired from his followers. At first‚ he received no recognition for speeches he had given before he went over the topic of the State Department being infested with Communists. Roberts quoted one of McCarthy’s claims
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Hysteria‚ It’s a powerful thing really. In the midst of a crisis this could really cause trouble. After all people can’t think straight when something goes wrong‚ it’s human nature to assume things rather than to rationally think. Humans are very social beings and they will follow anyone who they think is correct. It doesn’t take much for someone to blindly trust those who say they are doing good. The problem with this is that many of those they trust know what they want‚ and that thing is power
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housekeeper‚ a chain of accusations begin. To avoid death‚ Tituba accused others in the town causing each of the accused to place blame on others. The Crucible is a metaphor for the accusations made in the 1950’s during the Red Scare era. Senator Joseph McCarthy led the series of allegations with a list of people he felt were related somehow to communism. The list that was compiled grew as more people accused others for personal revenge. The continuous accusing went on until the original list of over 200
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investigating any allegations that were made about communist activity. Despite this groups efforts the United States was still in heightened fear of Communist overtaking or the possibility of becoming a nation similar to that of Russia’s. Senator Joseph McCarthy was a US senator from Wisconsin during this time period. He served for ten years‚ from 1947 until his death in 1957. He is most well-known for being particularly paranoid of communist efforts‚ regularly accusing people of communist behavior when
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WITCHES AND COMMUNISTS THE RELATION BETWEEN ARTHUR MILLERS’ THE CRUCIBLE AND THE MCCARTHY ERA By Dorien Kuipers S2733943 The Americas la LAX025P05 10 ECTS Dr. Tim Jelfs15 October‚ 2014 551 words Between February 1692 and May 1693‚ in several towns in the state of Massachusetts‚ dozens of people were accused of witchcraft. Nineteen people were sentenced to death by the state government because of all the villagers that accused each other of being possessed by the devil. In contemporary
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metaphor to draw national attention towards the doings and executioners of the McCarthyism propaganda. Arthur Miller uses allegory in his play‚ The Crucible‚ to show the similarities between the Salem witch trials and the Red Scare. During the McCarthy era‚ freedom was a very important aspect in life; during the Salem witch trials‚ religion was a very important aspect of life. In both of these events‚ people are frightened. The Red Scare led to many people fearing others‚ thinking everyone was
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McCarthyism and the crack-down on the communists in the 1950’s During the Cold War‚ many people were victimized by the accusations put forth by Joseph McCarthy. The Cold War was a political‚ military‚ and diplomatic struggle that defined the second half of the twentieth century. Beginning almost immediately after the end of World War II‚ the Cold War did not come to an end until the downfall of the Soviet Union in 1991. While the United States and the Soviet Union were the primary nations involved
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Salem Panic was very similar to The McCarthy era since people were getting wrongfully accused of being apart of witchcraft. He was inspired to write a drama that would reflect the Salem cultural and political hysteria produced while the U.S. gov.expressed Communism in America. The McCarthy era was very similar to the Salem witch trials. Just like the McCarthy era‚ the girls in the Crucible made claims about members of the village. Also Just like the McCarthy era‚ these people were put on trial
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classics as Robin Hood‚ Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience‚ and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. The post-war Red Scare is often called “McCarthyism‚” a name derived from one of the era’s most notorious anti-Communists‚ Senator Joseph McCarthy. Yet the anti-Communist crusade of the late 1940s and 1950s extended both in time and scope well beyond the activities of the junior senator from Wisconsin. Its roots can be traced to the mid-nineteenth century. As far back as 1848‚ when Karl Marx
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late 1940s and early 1950s. McCarthyism originated from the actions of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and lasted around 10 years. Senator McCarthy accused many Americans of being communists or communist sympathizers who were disloyal to their country because of their political beliefs. His actions combined with the communist expansion and Korean War brought on fears that led to a new Red Scare. McCarthy played on the fears of the people to obtain a higher political standing within the United State
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