brought back another Red Scare or known as the Second Red Scare to the United States. “Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s charges of communist subversion in the U.S. Sate Department cause a national uproar.” It was one of those tough times for the American people‚ being innocent but got accused for holding on the Communist. McCarthyism is still known as personal attacks by promiscuously allegations without evidences (Dudley 266-267). Starting off with the first Red Scare‚ nationwide fear of communists
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communist sympathizer during the red scare. He wrote the crucible as an allegory to explain the absurdity of McCarthyism and how people were succumbing to mass hysteria and accusing people not based on solid evidence. The evidence indicates that Millers intentions in writing the crucible were mainly for propaganda; however this doesn’t mean that it cannot also be appreciated as art by some. Miller relates the mass hysteria in Salem to the mass hysteria during the red scare. They are remarkably similar in
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SEEING RED -As communism swept through Russia‚ there was a fear that labor unions were influenced by the Bolsheviks - “Red Scare” of 1919-1920 (1st Red Scare) * Crusade led by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer against the suspected communists * Thousands of Americans were arrested *Impact of the Red Scare: - Business people used it to help break unions - Sacco and Vanzetti *Two Italian immigrants (anarchists‚ atheists‚ draft dodgers) charged with murder‚ found guilty and executed
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perfect balance between order and freedom that humanity has been fighting for since its creation. Currently‚ as Arthur Miller said‚ ‘the balance has yet to be struck between order and freedom’. Miller’s statement‚ a direct reaction due to the second red scare‚ is undeniably true and is applicable to all times of American society‚ especially today’s. In regards to American society the line between order and freedom has been like a pendulum‚ swinging back and forth due to cause and effect. Lately‚ for the
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Analysis of The Wonders of the Invisible World In this primary document‚ Cotton Mather‚ a Puritan theologian‚ writes about his fears of losing the entire country to the devil and his minions as the Christian religion‚ in his mind‚ is being slowly eradicated from the entire country due to witchcraft. In 1693 Cotton Mather wrote a literary piece called The Wonders of the Invisible World a year after questionable events in defense of the persecutions of those accused and convicted in Salem for witchcraft
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The Red Scare and “The Crucible” At the time when “The Crucible” was written‚ the United States and Russia were going through the Red Scare which was a major influence when Miller was writing this play. Miller’s tactic in writing this play was to remind people of how the hysteria of the witch hunts could be dangerously similar to the communist hunts going on in the United States at the time. Using the history from the Salem Witch Trials‚ he wrote a story that was sure to educate people about the
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Red Scare Created McCarthyism Fear. Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat. Fear is a chain reaction in the brain that causes stressful stimulus‚ causing the release of chemicals. This is what makes your heart race‚ fast heavy breathing‚ and energized or tense muscles. Fear can be the chain reaction through your own body and through your peers. In the 1950’s‚ after World War Two‚ there was the nationwide fear called the Red Scare
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head. The idea was that Goodnight and Good luck connected to The Crucible in the way that innocent people were tried and hung for witchcraft with little evidence‚ just like innocent people were accused of being communist’s. In addition‚ in the red scare people were accused of Reds if they went on strike and being unpatriotic. In all three of these events‚ innocent people were robbed of their rights and accused of being something they were not. In America today‚ a similar event is occurring. In Arizona
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or extreme and his actions were certainly extreme‚ he does seem to be a person who loved‚ supported and was trying to defend his country; he also definitely regarded himself as a defender of rights. He was against communism and because of the Red Scare‚ the majority of the country was as well. People agreed with and supported his way of being sure that there were not communists within the federal government. Unfortunately‚ they didn’t realize how extreme his measures would be to figure out and end
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They created the Prohibition Act‚ which prohibited in the sale‚ manufacturing‚ and drinking of alcohol. Bootlegging and illegal selling of the substance sprung up‚ however‚ and the plan of quitting cold turkey failed. With the arrival of the Red Scare‚ racism and discrimination against immigrants escalated and Americans forgot the ideas that were set up on equality. New immigration laws were put into action‚ restricting 3% of the immigrants to enter the country based on people of the same race/nationality
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