300 years later, many people took on a similar trend known as McCarthyism. America in the 1950s was a place of sacrifice and honor as well. Different people of the public would sacrifice themselves, their faith and their honor to protect themselves from the communist accusations made by fellow Americans. McCarthyism was a way of life for those living in the 50’s and is explained by an article as it says, “In the supercharged atmosphere of the early Cold War, the anticommunist crusade spun out of control, creating the most widespread and longest lasting episode of political repression in American history” (Shrecker). There was a common fear that communism happening in the USSR would make its way to the United States. So, America went into a
