McCarthyism

What does the witch trials and communism trials have in common? Both these trials falsely accused people of crimes they didn't commit. During the witch trials, people put people on trial and accused them of something they had no part in, same goes with the communism trials in america, many people were falsely accused of associating with the communist party and put on trial. The salem witch trials were a major event in history.(Blumberg) The trials took place in the time period 1692 till 1693 in…

In the year 1954, U.S Senate made sure he had attention drawn to himself with his false accusations. Joseph McCarthy’s actual career started out as a circuit court judge later then served in the U.S. Marines as a ground officer, he then became a senate in 1946. When people realized he had serious issues he lost being chairman in November later died of acute hepatitis. Joseph McCarthy started out as a young boy very shy, but very smart; he then became a person that got his way through lying, but…

When fear takes you by the hand and leads you into a life of chaos and recklessness, it's time to make a change. Fear was a motivator for wrong doings many times in history, and the mccarthy era is no exception to this dark plague spreading uncertainty into the depths of every man’s thoughts. Joseph Mccarthy was a normal kid growing up in a catholic family of Appleton Wisconsin. Joseph was a little rough around the edges and wasn't very good at school, “he began his journey to become what many…

The Hollywood Ten were a group of screenwriters of which most were wrongfully put in jail and blacklisted during the Red Scare of the post World War II United States. They were put in jail and blacklisted for refusing to answer questions about their suspected affiliations with communists. Most of the Hollywood Ten’s accusations that were made; were not supported by enough evidence to incriminate them. Shortly after World War II the United States and the communist Soviet Union entered into a…

Why is McCarthyism still studied today? McCarthyism is still studied in schools today, because of its significance. McCarthyism was a very big deal during the 1940s and 50s, after the election of senate McCarthy in 1946. It was a period in which a large group of people were being punished. The term McCarthyism in general, today, refers to the making of accusations without proper evidence. However, the events described in the article such as the rise of McCarthy, the Red Scare and the Hiss…

The Vietnam War was an extensive and expensive war between the Communist regime of North Vietnam and South Vietnam, known as Viet Cong. The United States were allies with South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh was the founder of the Indochina Communist Party and the prime minister and leader of North Vietnam. His Communist party was called the Viet Minh. Ngo Dinh Diem was the first President of South Vietnam. He was not in favor of Communism. The war started on November 1, 1955 and ended on April 30, 1975.…

Next, this different justice is the modification within the standing of women and also the validating of patriarchy. The only real purpose of the previous revenge ethic was to defend the holiness of the filial bond, clearly declared by the Furies once they catch up with Orestes at Athena's shrine: "Every mortal who outraged god or guest or loving parent: / each receives the pain his pains exact" (Eumenides, 269-70). Clytemnestra does not invite the wrath of the Furies for killing Agamemnon, for"…

History: Analogies of Witch Hunts and McCarthyism Going through high school in my small hometown, I would always hear about McCarthyism, or the Second Red Scare, in a poor context. One common analogy I heard was connecting McCarthyism to the witch hunts that I would hear about from the medieval period. This shows a bias has been developed against the topic and is now ingrained into society. To examine this topic I looked at sources involving both McCarthyism and the witch hunts. While the witch…

America’s Crucible: Witches and Communists on TrialArthur Miller was widely successful in connecting the past Salem Witch Trials with the era of McCarthyism he lived in. The witch trials and McCarthyism were both times in America’s past that irrational fear led to paranoia and mass hysteria. Both of these events were practices of accusing someone of either being a witch or of having communist ties, with no substantially justified evidence. Arthur Miller demonstrates this success with his play,…

are portrayed the same way. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the powerful role of female characters such as Abigail Williams, Tituba and Mary Warren portray their own example of McCarthyism, proving that their actions shape the plot of the play. Abigail Williams plays the role of accuser as she uses her own form of McCarthyism to persuade the people of the village in her favor. For example, when talking to John Proctor, she states that “She (Elizabeth) is blackening my name… John, pity me, pity…