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    Second Red Scare 1. The two Red Scares The Red Scare refers to two distinctions of anti-Communism sentiment in the US‚ it resulted from the fear of spreading communism during the early and middle 20th century. The First Red Scare occurred during 1919-1920‚ the Second Red Scare lasted for decades after World War II. According to Fitzpatrick (2009)‚ during the World War I period‚ the US Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer and Rising Justice Department star J. Edgar Hoover began to take on a “red menace”

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    innocent people have been accused and persecuted for things they haven’t done. During certain situations and times‚ people were used as escape goats. The people accused‚ usually ended up with the “bad end of the stick”. The Salem Witch Trials‚ The Red Scare‚ and Pearl Harbor are all events in history when people were profiled and treated unfairly‚ and we can learn from these events. During the Salem Witch Trials‚ many people were profiled and treated and unfairly. In the town of Salem‚ the Reverend

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    After World War II‚ the Red Scare‚ a fear of communism‚ swept the whole nation and all around the world. When the Vietnam War began‚ the United States immediately intervened and helped South Vietnam fight against the Communist North Vietnam. Our mission was to contain any measure of communism. Some major issues that were addressed were: the amount of lives lost along with the draft issue‚ impossible control of protesters and riots‚ and false information given to the people of America. In the beginning

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    Symbolic Illness in The Crucible and The Masque of the Red Death In The Crucible and The Masque of the Red Death‚ both authors utilize symbolic illness to portray an outbreak of something terrible in society. The novel and short story both provide instances of symbolic illness throughout each of them. In The Crucible‚ the illness in the story is the “outbreak” of witchcraft in the town of Salem. It all started when Parris saw several girls dancing naked in the forest one night around a fire.

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    Source one is demonstrating a propaganda campaign against communism‚ it is stating how America under communism would cause chaos and disarray with the country. Instead of gradual change‚ communism would promote revolutionary change in the US. The Red Scare created an intensified ideological battle between the United States and the Soviet union. As McCarthyism spread during this time‚ more and more people began doubting government control and felt scared by the threat that communism may spread. The

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    implements the red herring fallacy to illustrate how people often throw arguments off course by raising an irrelevant issue. During an argument between Putman and Proctor‚ Miller writes‚ “I [Putman] never heard you so worried about society‚ Mr. Proctor. I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew” (Miller I. 28). Miller shows how Putman effectively derails the conversation‚ preventing the other people from continuing to talk about witchcraft. Miller’s use of the red herring fallacy

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    Climate Scare Is all the hype about man made climate change going to destroy the human race. In The 11th Hour by Leonardo DiCaprio‚ we hear and see the perceived effects man-made climate change is having on our planet. Flooding‚ hurricanes‚ and drought‚ all caused by man’s use of fossil fuels‚ our only chance of survival‚ eliminate our use of fossil fuels. Bill McKibben agrees with this theory‚ in “350 Science” he informs us the current level of carbon dioxide (CO2)‚ 392 parts per million‚

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    Arthur Miller wrote the play The Crucible in response to the red scare of the 1950’s‚ in which he was was condemned for disrespect & disapproval of the United States Congress for being unsuccessful in naming numerous individuals who had attended meetings with him. In a bid to not only secure his career as a journalist & play writer and also to alert the American people against the government misinformation & propaganda that were headed their way. The characters in the play are faced with the same

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    courage makes a majority.”- Andrew Jackson Meaning: If one brave man stands up for what he believes in‚ he can make a change. Introduction: -hook -meaning -background information -thesis: Jackson’s quote is relevant to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and the actions of John Proctor‚ Giles Corey and Reverend Hale of Beverly‚ thus proving that if one brave man stands up for what he believes in‚ he can make a change. BP1: John Proctor *transition -topic sentence: John Proctor proves the quote’s

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    The Lavender Scare lasted from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. The mass which hunt and firings of numerous people by the united states government. Gay men and lesbians were said to be security risks and communist sympathizers‚ which led to the removal of numerous people from state employment. “Republican National Committee Chair Guy Gabrielson claimed the media was not doing enough to alert the population to the "homosexual menace‚" this was merely self-serving demagogy. The media helped whip the

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