McCarthyism

In America there have been two Red Scares that occurred, one in the 1920s and the other in 1950s. Both Red Scares in America arose out of fear of communism and foreign policy that could have impacted America greatly, especially since both Red Scares occurred after World War One and World War Two. After World War Two the United States developed a policy of containment to try and stop the spread of Communism. After the Second World War the United States entered the Cold War against the Soviet…

Looking for witches, you will find some in Salem, Massachusetts. In The Crucible written by Arthur Miller was about the Salem witch trials. The underlining message in the play was of McCarthyism in the 1950s. When McCarthy said he had a list of 205 people in high position that are communist. In the play man cheats on his wife with a young girl making her fall completely in love with him. She and her friends dance in the woods, which was forbidden and are caught. The girls later claim witchcraft…

After World War II, American lives will change due to the middle class unexpectedly expanding due to suburbanization, unemployment rates were decreasing, and the United States will become the most powerful country in the world due to the technological creation of the nuclear bomb which won’t last very long because the Soviet Union will test their nuclear weapon in 1949. The 1950’s deserves its reputation as an age of political, social, and cultural conformity to a great extent due to Eisenhower…

Taking one look into The Crucible by Arthur Miller will let you in on just how brutal and cruel the Red Scare was in the MCcarthy era. An example of this would be when Danforth was discussing the hangings. In today’s age, hanging is considered barbaric. “You misunderstand, sir, I cannot pardon these when twelve are already hanged for the same crime. It is not just” (Miller 119). Danforth is discussing these hangings like they’re nothing, like it’s just the norm to hang 12 people plainly from the…

Throughout time access to information has been controlled by many different organisations. This controlling of information can sometimes be used for ulterior motives, which members of society may not be aware of. This fear of manipulation is displayed throughout many forms of text, from different time periods. By analysing George Orwell’s 1984, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and Fifteen Minutes of Shame I have been able to compare…

Hysteria has been thought out history, especially, during the McCarty era in the 1950. The McCarthyism is the accusation of treason and the unconstitutional acts of courts to sentence people with little to no evidence. During the 1950, an extreme dislike towards Communism and communist. Since that the idea of any group going against American’s…

Death by Truth The only thing stronger than fear is the lack of it. The fears of masses have timelessly been manipulated by the people who had none and we 're not scared to extort those of others. This had happened in the Salem Witchcraft Trials from 1692 to 1693 where 19 to 21 girls had been put to death by hanging because of claims they were witches and practicing witchcraft. Witchcraft they believed had come from the devil who they thought to be a real being living around them. This caused…

neighbors, teachers, coworkers were working for the Soviets. No one trusted anyone new who moved in, and everyone was either scared of being around the communists or being accused of being communist. However, most accusations were not true. The term McCarthyism is now defined as making accusations without proper evidence. The people accused were mistreated, fired from their much needed jobs, and thrown in jail. An example of this, could be seen with Helen Keller. Helen Keller was a deaf blind…

The Cold War was a period of tension between Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The Cold War got its name from the countless empty threats from both sides. The tensions between the communists and non-communist countries started even before World War 2 ended. This war was a fight over spreading or containing communism. The Soviets wanted to spread communism and Great Britain and the Untied States wanted to contain communism in Korea and Latin America. By doing this the…

The history of mankind has brought about many instances where there have been episodes of mass hysteria. Although history is taught so that we may learn from past mistakes, there is still a tendency for it to repeat itself. Epidemics of false accusations and innocent executions seem all too familiar in the study of humankind. In the late 1600s, several small Massachusetts towns had executed many of their citizens under the false pretense that they had been practicing witchcraft. There was a…