broken countries were “adopted” into a Union with Soviet Russia and the spread of communism was alarming to politically opposed America. In 1950‚ Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy made a significant speech in which he spoke out against communism in which he had named over 200 individuals whom seemed loyal to the Communist Party. After noticing Americans were beginning to become frightened of an outbreak of communism in the United States‚ McCarthy was made chairman of the Government Committee on Operations
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During World War II‚ two dictators joined sides‚ along with Japan and Italy‚ to create the team known as the Axis. These two dictators were Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. After a betrayal between the two‚ Hitler stays with the Axis and Stalin joins America and the rest of the countries that formed the side called the Allies. Prior to World War II‚ the truth of Hitler’s terrible reign of genocide and dictatorship comes to the light. However‚ another Hitler and Stalin both served as dictators during
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President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev were two of the most important men during the Cuban Missile crisis; they had a lot of differences in character and response to situation‚ but had some similarities as well. The two were the some of the most influential men at their time‚ especially considering the Cold War and resulting Cuban Missile Crisis. John F. Kennedy was the youngest man to be elected president at his time‚ so you can imagine the pressure he must have felt as a prominent leader
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Throughout 1922-1939 there was a rise of fascism which only resulted in hardship for the German people. Hitler started the rise in fascism in Germany because of his need for dictatorship. He also affected fascism because he had the idea of a perfect race. The Nazi army had a great effect on the rise of fascism because of the way they treated the people‚ the Nazi army are a good example of the hardship suffered by the German people. After World war l‚ there was great destruction to Germany to the
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In the period between the First and the Second World War‚ there were rises of Totalitarianism in the world and Nazism in Germany and Fascism in Italy were the most important forms of totalitarianism which directly led to the outbreak of Second World War. These two political systems had some common feasters and also some differences. There were many similarities between these two parties. Firstly‚ Nazism and Fascism both adopted a one-party dictatorship. In both countries‚ all other political parties
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In the 1940s‚ America was hysterical over communism with McCarthyism everywhere. Author‚ Arthur Miller felt that the situation had many similarities to the Salem Witch Trials. In both the Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism fear‚ hysteria‚ and danger were common. A type of evidence called “spectral evidence” was being used in both situations and Miller used his play‚ The Crucible‚ as an allegory for McCarthyism to tell one story with an even deeper meaning. McCarthyism and the Salem Witch trials relied
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happen in our county‚ writers find fuel for their writing in the details of the event. There are many similarities between the McCarthy Era and the play written by Arthur Miller‚ The Crucible. McCarthyism‚ or the time known as the McCarthy Era‚ dominated our country from 1950-1954. During this time‚ there were many hearings in which people suspected of being related in some way to communism were interviewed and forced to give up names of others. If they refused to give up names of others‚ they
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In the mid 1900’s America was plunged into a state of panic. The American Government and the American public were terrified at the prospect of communism becoming prominent in their society. From this terror the unforgiving period of America’s history‚ which is now referred to as McCarthyism‚ began. During this time Senator Joseph McCarthy accused numerous American citizens of being communists based on little to no evidence. If a person was suspected of even associating with communists‚ they were
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The current Italian constitution came into effect on 1st January 1948 and it was integral to Italy’s progression away from Fascism. After years of totalitarian rule under the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini‚ the clear aspiration of constitutional change was to create a ‘viable democratic regime that would embrace all citizens’ (Pasquino‚ 2000: 71). The new constitution‚ therefore‚ paid particular attention to democratic practices and put in place necessary checks in order to guarantee them. This
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Stalin and Hitler: Similarities and Differences Stalin and Hitler emerged when political and economic instability had crippled the USSR and Germany in the 1920s. They began making improvements which encouraged their people to believe that prosperity awaited them. This notion was unfortunately a delusion as both figures would eventually rule by decree. Despite treading on different paths of dictatorship‚ both figures still find some commonalities. Two prominent differences would certainly come
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