Cain, a friend of Joe McCarthy and the Senator of Washington State, in 1950. It was created to investigate people that were suspected to be Communist or were supporters of Communists, and groups that supported Communism. Under the Internal Security Act, it gave the Subversive Activities Control Board to deport immigrants that have been suspected for “un-American” acts and allowed them to keep citizens from travelling out of the country. Just being called in by the Subversive Activities Control Board was enough to ruin a person’s reputation, regardless if they were innocent or guilty of the accusations. In The Crucible, the girls who were claiming to be bewitched joined with the court, helping them pick out people who were suspected of witchcraft. People who were accused of being witches would be either hanged or put in jail if they would not confess. The ones who would admit to doing witchcraft and repent would have lost their reputation in the community, but they would be let go. The similarities don’t stop there
Cain, a friend of Joe McCarthy and the Senator of Washington State, in 1950. It was created to investigate people that were suspected to be Communist or were supporters of Communists, and groups that supported Communism. Under the Internal Security Act, it gave the Subversive Activities Control Board to deport immigrants that have been suspected for “un-American” acts and allowed them to keep citizens from travelling out of the country. Just being called in by the Subversive Activities Control Board was enough to ruin a person’s reputation, regardless if they were innocent or guilty of the accusations. In The Crucible, the girls who were claiming to be bewitched joined with the court, helping them pick out people who were suspected of witchcraft. People who were accused of being witches would be either hanged or put in jail if they would not confess. The ones who would admit to doing witchcraft and repent would have lost their reputation in the community, but they would be let go. The similarities don’t stop there