Mccarthyism In The 1950's

During the era of the 1950’s, at the height of the Cold War, McCarthyism arose as a result of fear of the spread of communism in the United States. McCarthyism, named after Senator Joseph McCarthy, was a term which described the lack of evidence and false accusations used against people who were considered communists. Arthur Miller wrote the Crucible because he wanted to show how the relationship of McCarthyism in the 1950’s and McCarthyism in the witch trials during 1692 because the danger of people who were targeted as witches in the modern era. McCarthyism was during the period of 1950- 1954, where many accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs. Most belonged to the Communist Party. The main point about it is that everyone is equal, there is no single person of small groups of people who rule the others.
One cause of the fear of communism was the effect …show more content…
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