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McCarthyism Similarities in the Crucible by Author Miller
McCarthyism Similarites
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English
10th Grade
12/05/2011

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accusing without evidence
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Salem witch trials were based purely on suspicion like Communist accusations in the 1950s
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one person accusing others
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people in the town are accusing others by themselves
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caused a state of panic
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all the town people were afraid of evil in their town and afraid of being accused/tried as a witch
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afraid of evil getting into their society which cause a state of panic
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all the town people were afraid of the evil in the town so they started making accusations based on suspicion because they were all afraid
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emotions taken over so they accuse helpless people
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Giles Corey said his wife reading books made him unable to pray and then she was accused of witchcraft
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