Suspected Communists
Joseph McCarthy did not hunt witches, he sought out and persecuted anyone who had communistic values or tendencies, he would oversee hearings and blackballed so many people that this kind of persecution is known as "McCarthyism"
There have been many witch-hunts in history. Obvious examples include: * The witch-hunts in Crowellian England in the 1640s and in Massachusetts in the early 1690s. * Joseph McCarthy's obsession with 'red under beds', c. 1947-54. * The persecution of the Templars in the early 1300s.
Old Salem, Massachussetts.
The Salem witch hunts happened in the English colony of Massachusetts, in what is now the USA.
Senator McCarthy.
Suspected Communists
Like all Witch Hunts; Mccarthy caused desaster to many inocent blameless people!
I think that this question is in the wrong category. Do you mean the McCarthy witch hunts of the 1950's?
Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, during the Communist witch hunts of the 1950's.
the McCarthy era was the same as the 1392 witch hunt because their was lots of blaming to do and alot of people were accused of doing witchy things and they didnt have evidence to back up their reasonings.
Joseph McCarthy did not hunt witches, he sought out and persecuted anyone who had communistic values or tendencies, he would oversee hearings and blackballed so many people that this kind of persecution is known as "McCarthyism"
There are witch hunts in part of Sub-Saharan Africa. India is another place that still practices witch hunts. In 2010, India had an 150 and 200 women killed during witch hunts.
There have been many witch-hunts in history. Obvious examples include: * The witch-hunts in Crowellian England in the 1640s and in Massachusetts in the early 1690s. * Joseph McCarthy's obsession with 'red under beds', c. 1947-54. * The persecution of the Templars in the early 1300s.
it began when people would accuse others that they really hated and thought that they were acting evil and witch.
Anti-Communist paranoia, commonly known as The Red Scare, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, was the driving force behind the 1950s "witch hunts."
There are actual witch hunts going on today in some parts of the world, though the people of the rest of the world know better than to hunt for actual witches. There are things metaphorically called witch hunts going on today in parts of the world where people know better than to hunt for actual witches. Sometimes the things metaphorically called witch hunts are worse. There is a link to an article on witch hunts below.