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How was McCarthyism a witch-hunt?

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McCarthyism was considered a witch-hunt, as he began a plan of questioning certain Army officers, leaders and citizens of their political beliefs and of being communists without having evidence to back up his claim.

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Describe the current situation

Joseph McCarthy

Why were Americans concerned about Communism during the 1950s?

How problems can be resolved

Who is Joseph McCarthy?

> American politician

> born on November 14, 1908

> died on May 2, 1957

> senator in the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until 1957

> The public presented communism with chaos and disorder

> The “American Dream” which is the ability to be successful and have a good future in your own way made people anxious of reaching it

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What did he investigate?

What did he investigate? #2

> From the republican party

> became a public figure during the cold war especially in the 1950s

> began accusing people in the government of being communists

> accused certain Americans of being communist

> like the Salem Witch Trials, except the witches were Communist.

> He lied and made up stories about communists to make his career successful

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> Events such as the Korean War increased fear of communism to the US citizens

> Killing, brainwashing were seen as methods used by the communists

1950s = McCarthy began accusing people in the government of becoming communists

> Some of his accusations were true, some government employees sold information to the communists about the atomic bomb

What did he investigate? #3

> Criticized by the Senate and was exposed as a liar

> was trying to protect the US from any danger he destroyed a lot of innocent lives

> created an atmosphere of terror within the US.

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What happened when the McCarthy hearings were televised and he began to accuse Army officers of being Communists?

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After the McCarthy hearings were televised and began to accuse officers of being communists, this led to more negative opinion about McCarthy it led to his downfall from political power, due to his illusions that most of the army officers and high ranked members were communists, an idea that was completely false.

It led to his downfall from political power, due to his illusions that most of the army officers and high ranked members were communists, an idea that was completely false.

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What was the House Un-American Activities Committee? How were those brought before this committee affected by their appearance there?

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The House Un-American Activities Committee:

> A committee established in 1938 by the US House of Representatives investigating activities that might threaten the American government and the citizens.

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> Those brought by the committee and accused of being communists were shown to the public as Anti-Americans and the idea that there were many more of them who were also communists and plotting something against their nation.

Describe some international incidents that could be considered witch-hunts. (For example, the Japanese internment)

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Some might consider the Catholic Churches desire to weed out homosexual priests a modern day witch hunt.

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Another Example

Is the US Government's Terrorist Watch List just a modern day Witch Hunt?

> FBI trying to catch fugitives everyday across the US.

> Muslims are often targeted in these searches.

Bibliography

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"Beck's Witch Hunt: The New McCarthyism - YouTube." YouTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. <

Hoyt, Alia. "HowStuffWorks "How McCarthyism Worked"." HowStuffWorks "History". N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. <http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/mccarthyism.htm>.

Hoyt, Alia. "HowStuffWorks "How Communism Works"." HowStuffWorks "People". N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. <http://people.howstuffworks.com/communism

"McCarthyism." Spartacus Educational. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyism.htm>.

"Witch Hunt." Witch Hunt. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Apr. 2012. <https://www.google.com.eg/search?q=Witch+hunt&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=n0JVUujYM9KRhQf8q4CoCw&ved=0CHAQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=526&dpr=1#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=-HDaIGW11jeQ0M%3A%3BtlfdVcggx2FlQM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fquietgirlriot.files.wordpress.com%25>.

"witch-hunt - definition of witch-hunt by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.." Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/witch-hunt>.

How might the events in the 1692 witch-hunts be compared to those of the McCarthy era in the 1950s?

How might the events in the 1692 witch-hunts be compared to those of the McCarthy era in the 1950s?

Similarities

> Neighbor accusing neighbor

> Blaming without have evidence to back up their reasoning.

More Similarities

> The accused were generally Killed based on that information alone.

Witch Hunt

By Ahmed Mohamed

Ahmed El-Sayed

Sherif Ebrahim

Definition

Witch Hunt

Another Definition:

A search for witches or evidence of witchcraft (use of magical faculties)

Witch Hunt

According to dictionary.com: An intensive effort to discover and expose disloyalty, subversion, dishonesty, or the like, usually based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.

Witch Hunt & McCarthyism

Based on Jim Harvey's speech structures

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