One year after the start of the 21st century, tragedy struck American soil. On September 11, 2001, a group of radical Islams hijacked four planes and crashed two of them into the Twin Towers. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth luckily crashed into an open field before it could hit the White House. It was considered the largest terrorist attack in history. The horrendous attacks that took place on that day affected every human being in the United States. Ever since then, Americans have been fearful of additional attacks of terror taking place on their homeland.
Unfortunately, this is not the only incident in history that frightened citizens of the United States. In the 1900s, McCarthyism caught the attention of many …show more content…
Joseph McCarthy, a senator from Minnesota, became known for his widespread accusations of communists throughout the country. Many of these accusations were made towards people working in the government or those with a high public status. They were said to have been spies from the Soviet Union that were working for the United State’s government agencies. This put people in fear of what was going on within the government; they thought they were being spied on and tracked by government officials. Joseph McCarthy even claimed “he had a list of 205 people in the State Department who were known members of the American Communist Party” (Oh and Latham). This terrified the country and made citizens question their safety. If communists overthrew the government, citizens would have no say so in anything. They would be controlled and tracked for everything they did. This is not what America was or is about. This fear of the Soviets taking over the government became known as the “Red …show more content…
The nation should not be afraid of the religion itself, but of the radicals and extremists who go as far as killing people. It is part of the Islamic religion to die a martyr, but some take it to the extreme and kill others as well. A few of the terrorist groups that involve these radicals and extremists include Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and the most recent and rapidly growing which is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Unfortunately, this is not the only incident in history that frightened citizens of the United States. In the 1900s, McCarthyism caught the attention of many …show more content…
Joseph McCarthy, a senator from Minnesota, became known for his widespread accusations of communists throughout the country. Many of these accusations were made towards people working in the government or those with a high public status. They were said to have been spies from the Soviet Union that were working for the United State’s government agencies. This put people in fear of what was going on within the government; they thought they were being spied on and tracked by government officials. Joseph McCarthy even claimed “he had a list of 205 people in the State Department who were known members of the American Communist Party” (Oh and Latham). This terrified the country and made citizens question their safety. If communists overthrew the government, citizens would have no say so in anything. They would be controlled and tracked for everything they did. This is not what America was or is about. This fear of the Soviets taking over the government became known as the “Red …show more content…
The nation should not be afraid of the religion itself, but of the radicals and extremists who go as far as killing people. It is part of the Islamic religion to die a martyr, but some take it to the extreme and kill others as well. A few of the terrorist groups that involve these radicals and extremists include Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and the most recent and rapidly growing which is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria