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What did the Salem witch trials and McCarthy hearings have in common?
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Both involved fear of something or someone inflitrating a community. In Salem, it was witches. McCarthysts believed that there were communists and soviet spies in the US Congress.
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What do the Salem witch trials and the house of un American activities committee have in common?
Nothing. HUAC was not involved in the "witch hunt" McCarthy hearings (the ones compared the the Salem trials), which were performed by a different government committee.
What kinds of trials or hearings were at the Salem trials?
Bench trials, meaning the judges decided the verdict.
What made the Salem which trials and the McCarthy hearings similar?
Both the Salem witch trials and the McCarthy hearings were instances of mass hysteria and paranoia fueled by fear. In both cases, innocent people were accused and persecuted based on unsubstantiated claims and little to no evidence. The accused were presumed guilty without a fair trial, and the fervor surrounding the accusations led to widespread harm and damage to individuals and communities.
What was Salem witch trials?
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. Despite being generally known as the Salem witch trials, the preliminary hearings in 1692 were conducted in a variety of towns across the province: Salem Village (now Danvers), Ipswich, Andover and Salem Town.
What are the parallel between the mccarthy and the Salem witch trials?
They both wear shoes.
Why did Arthur miller compare the hearings to the Salem witch hunt?
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible, he compared the 20th Century "hunt for communists" to that of the Salem Witch Trials.
How was the Salem witch trials nand the McCarthy trials the same?
Both involved fear of something or someone inflitrating a community. In Salem, it was witches. McCarthysts believed that there were communists and soviet spies in the US Congress.
When were the McCarthy Trials?
The McCarthy Witch trials are actually considered McCarthyism. This is the practice of accusing individuals of disloyalty, treason and subversion without any factual evidence. This originates from a period in the U.S known as the Second Red Scare, from the 1940's and 1950's.
What made the Salem witch trials and McCarthy hearings similar?
Both were fueled by fear of a percieved threat.Apex Answer: They hurt innocent people.
How where the Salem which trails and the McCarthy hearings alike?
Both were fueled by fear of some evil being within a community. In Salem, they thought there witches in the town. McCarthyists believed that there were communists and soviet spys in the US congress.
Why do you think they were also called the McCarthy witch trials?
They were not. The Salem witch Trials were compared to the MaCarthy trials because of the fear of something considered evil infiltrating a community. They are not related, just similiar.
Do you see a parallel between the Salem witch trials of the 1700s and the McCarthy trials of the 1950s?
First of all, the Salem Witch Trials were much earlier. They were more in the 1600s.Secondly, there are many parallels between the two. If you have ever read The Crucible, the author, Arthur Miller, was highly motivated by the red scare when he wrote it.
