The Red Scare/Salem witch Trials
Title: The Red Scare/Salem witch Trials
Category: Literature / English
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The Red Scare/Salem witch Trials
From 1945 to around 1952, America endured the Red
Scare. The Red Scare, the hunt for Communists, was epitomized in
the McCarthy trials when many innocent citizens were labeled as
Communists. In many ways, it resembled the notorious Salem
Witch Hunt of the 1690's. Both involved fear, prejudice, and a lack
of respect for civil rights.
The Salem witch hunt was centered in Salem,
Massachusetts during the 1690's. The thing most important about
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They both happened because of timing and outside events.
In both cases, the "inquisitions" followed a serious war. In the
Witch Hunt, it was the time before reason and science when the
Puritans were defending their way of life and establishing the
new world. In the Red Scare, it was the time when the U.S. was
assuming its role as a world power; communism was different and
considered a threat to democracy.
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