1. McCarthyism
McCarthyism McCarthyism was a time period throughout the 1940's and 1950's where America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of communism growing in Eastern Europe and China. ... McCarthyism came to mean false charges of disloyalty. In the Crucible, a lot of the townspeople were wrongfully accused of witchcraft. ... McCarthyism is linked to the Crucible in the fact that both use unfair accusations to expose disloyalty or subversion. ... Finally McCarthyism and the Crucible are both based on lies and false accusations in order to put someone down while pullin...
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