Karla Estrada History 1301 Fall 2014 Extra Credit SWCT The Salem Witchcraft Trials began in the 1690’s in Salem‚ Massachusetts and then later spread to other parts of New England. These trials resulted in the execution of about 20 people‚ most of them women‚ and innocent people. Hundreds of other individuals including men‚ women‚ and children were accused; dozens were kept in prison without trials‚ and a couple even died in prison. A wave of hysteria spread all over Massachusetts‚ when
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Communism offered a scapegoat for the confusion‚ fear‚ and insecurity Americans felt after World War II. The Red Scare may have incited paranoia and unease in the American government and people‚ but it also consolidated all of their concerns onto a single rival. This unification also unified the American people‚ under a common suspicion. “Consensus mentality offered
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McCarthyism and The Red Scare Have you ever had that moment in your life when you thought to yourself‚ “Why would he do that‚ or why would that happen?” Well‚ that is just what many people thought about McCartyism and the Red scare after that time period had passed. The Red Scare was a point in time when many Americans believed that the uprising of communism would be among them. These waves of the Red Scare happened twice‚ once after World War One‚ and the second time‚ which was more significant
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The life in a living hell will continue in the coming "Salem" Season 3 Episode 4 "Night’s Black Agents." Everyone should be very careful of their moves as the Dark Lord keeps an eye on all of them. In the promo trailer of "Salem" Season 3 Episode 4‚ Anne (Tamzin Merchant) can be seen warning Cotton (Seth Gabel) to be very careful as he stays in the woods or else‚ he will be in grave danger. However‚ Baron (Joe Doyle) believes that if ever Cotton makes it out of Boston alive‚ the Dark Lord will still
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The Second Red Scare As World War II was ending‚ a fear-driven movement known as the Second Red Scare began to spread across the United States. Americans feared that the Soviet Union hoped to spread communism all over the world‚ overthrowing both democratic and capitalist institutions as it went. Communism was‚ in theory‚ an expansionist ideology‚ spread through revolution. It suggested that the working class would overthrow the middle and upper classes. With the Soviet Union occupying much of Eastern
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In Exodus 22:18‚ it proclaims‚ “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live!” In 1692 Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ the Puritans believed every word that the Bible said‚ causing the death of twenty people because they were accused of witchcraft. What caused the panic and alarm that lead to the death of twenty people in Salem? There were three causes: conflict between young girls and older women‚ lying teenagers‚ economic and political power divided between two sides of town. One possible cause could be the conflict
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The Crucible In Relation To The Red Scare. During the 1940’s and 1950’s there was mass hysteria that broke out in the United States. The “Red Scare” was a large scale panic across the United States Of America. This was during the cold war‚ at this time the U.S. was worried about communists and espionage due to that we had caught Russian spies across the U.S. “The Crucible” has a similar plot line to the “Red scare”‚ due to how mass hysteria is spread so quickly over false accusations. In “The Crucible”
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destruction of common sense. Over fifty women were put on trial after being accused of practicing witchcraft‚ many of whom were executed for their supposed crimes. According to primary sources‚ the conductors of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693 possessed an innate fear of evil and often relied on superstitious ideas concerning alternate religious traditions and social standards as the primary source of evidence when convicting
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Red Scare The Red Scare of 1919 was the first of two major periods in American History when fear of radicalism culminated in the persecution and deportation of Americans thought to be radicals (communists‚ anarchists‚ or socialists). An unprecedented event‚ the Red Scare of 1919 exhibits how popular suppression and fear of radicalism can have disastrous consequences. The causes of the Red Scare are numerous and varied‚ however‚ one of the most important factors that contributed to the scare was
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the impact of what occurred in Salem Witch Trials. The way our legal system has changed includes the way we punish people including the capital punishment. Addition to this it includes where the presumption of innocence‚ since it is now more prominent that we have to had evidence‚ before we accuse someone of a crime. As well as what the laws were in Salem and where there origin began. Salem laws had a lead role in the cruel and deadly punishments of the Salem Witch trial even though there were ways
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