President | Time in Office | Party | VP | What happened during his term/ accomplishments | George Washington | 1789-1797 | Independent | John Adams | * Whiskey Rebellion * Pinckney Treaty * Jay’s Treaty | John Adams | 1797-1801 | Federalist | Thomas Jefferson | * XYZ Affair | Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Democratic-Republican | Aaron Burr then George Clinton | * Marbury vs Madison * Louisiana Purchase * Embargo of 1807? * Chesapeake Affair | James Madison | 1809-1817
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How does fear and hysteria play a significant role in creating and driving the conflict and the chaotic events that take place in Arthur Miller’s ‘ The Crucible’? Fear is a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger‚ evil or pain‚ whether the threat is real or imagined.1 It causes feelings of dread and apprehension. Fear can lead to hysteria- a condition where community wide fear overwhelms logic and ends up justifying its own existence. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ fear and hysteria
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Specific reactions both by the general American population and the Eisenhower Administration will help identify the effects of the threat of communism in the United States. The fears of communism in the United States can be best demonstrated in McCarthyism‚ a time period in the United States consisting of fears of a communist takeover from the inside. Senator Joseph McCarthy argued that the threat of communism arose not from the presence of the Soviet Union‚ but from "communists" living in America
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Literature is a strong contributor to the knowledge of every country’s history and is therefore the product of the historical events that have taken place. Written works take us beyond the limited experiences of our short lives and strengthen our current knowledge and understandings of historical events. Literature affects people and in return people affect literature. Events in history shape the written products of a time period‚ every novel‚ play‚ and poem. Each form of literature is that product
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Corey‚ pressed to death by rocks. In spite of that‚ Mount Holyoke College concludes the outcomes of McCarthyism‚ “Many hard-working citizens had lost their jobs because they were labeled as "Communists". While many fired college professors returned to their jobs in universities‚ public school teachers could not. Those who retained their jobs realized that their career has been destroyed” (“McCarthyism: The Aftermath”). Although some were executed for being actual communists‚ the impact on the victims
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the year 1692. The text also serves as an allegorical warning about much more recent events‚ in particular the McCarthy Trials of 1953. The McCarthy Trials were exploring communism. ‘The Crucible’ was written to highlight the similarities between McCarthyism and communism in the 1950’s in the United States of America and the witch hunts of Europe in the 17th century. The play is literally written about the witch trials but it is figuratively about the society Miller lived in‚ in 1953. Thousands of Americans
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The 1950’s were a time of fear and change which were felt by everyone. Changes like McCarthyism‚ censorship‚ automobiles and book burning influenced Ray Bradbury in the creation of Fahrenheit 451. Throughout the 1950’s American society was influenced by Joseph McCarthy and his plan to rid the country from communism. Around this time World War II had just ended and the United States was afraid that there were citizens that felt communism was acceptable. Communism is a political theory derived from
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Veronica Diaferio SS310 Unit 2 Assignment From the end of World War II in 1945 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991‚ the Cold War dominated international affairs. It was a global struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. (Smithsonian Institution‚ 2000) Cold War: this term is used to describe the relationship between America and the Soviet Union 1945 to 1980. Neither side ever fought the other - the consequences would be too appalling - but they did ‘fight’ for their beliefs
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Especially since much of the 1960s enclosed around McCarthyism and the Red scare. The film depicts the affluent as unappealing to the audience‚ such that the characters are with limited humanity. This is most illustrated in the scene of the fight between Draba and Spartacus; in which Draba was being compelled
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Three years after The Crucible was written‚ He refused to name any names in court and defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities‚ also known as HCUAA (History.com). Miller wrote The Crucible because of McCarthyism. He saw how the Salem witch trials and McCarthy trials were similar and wrote it to get the public to recognize how history is repeating itself.. In his play‚ Abigail Williams motive was John Proctor and was determined to get her way. She would
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