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McCarthyism is a mob mentality driven by fear, often a fear of something nonexistent. So the Salem witch trials is a great example of McCarthyism, for the people of colonial Massachusetts were driven by mob mentality and fear.
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McCarthyism is viewed as a dark chapter in the history of the United States. Many lives were ruined because of the accusations that were baseless and untruthful.
McCarthyism occured in the 1940s & 1950s, Many people in the USA were accused of being communists with no proof.
it is viewed in a negative way because of what people believe
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Accusing people of disloyalty without proof
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One of the long term consequences of being convicted of communism was not being able to get work. Lots of people were out of the job because of this
McCarthyism took place in the United States. The term was used from roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. A period characterized by heightened fears of communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents.
Charging that people were not loyal to the United States without proof....
No the Red Scare is not the same as McCarthyism. It was the term for the fear that Communism would take over America and the world. Anti-communist persecutions were a result of the Red Scare.