Essays on mccarthyism

McCarthy had conducted hearings accusing people who were suspected of being related to communism. During these hearings, he forced people to give up names of other “followers” and if they refused to give names of others, they were imprisoned.

McCarthyism was a campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations McCarthyism, as I mentioned before, is “the practice of accusing someone of being a Communist and therefore avoiding or not trusting them” (Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 2013) and was developed in the U.S. from 1950 until 1956.

Many people in Hollywood had lost their jobs because of the HUAC meetings. President Truman at a Democratic meeting backed the Anti-Communist feelings to gain political and popular support. It was very common for people to have to take an Anti-Communist oaths when they worked in the government.

These parallels are evident in Joseph McCarthy’s, McCarthyism and in Arthur Miller’s, the Crucible. McCarthyism was the fear of communism that was created by the Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. This was a time of fear after the Second World War in the years 1950 through 1954.