Witch Hunts and Mc Carthyism By Katie Krako

Witch Hunts and Mc. Carthyism By Katie Krako, Lauren Daleo, Thato S.

Witch Hunt • Investigation to find someone who has done unexplainable acts in the public • When person is found charged and convicted of being a witch • Found guilty with no true evidence

Joseph Mc. Carthy • Was trained as a lawyer • Later became a US senator from Wisconsin • Investigated everyone that he believed had connection to the Nazis • If founded guilty you would be trialed and convicted • Once these convictions became more frequent people began to fear that their country would become communist

Un-American Activities Committee • 1930 • Investigation committee of the US house of representatives • This committee preformed anti – communist investigations • If you had an appearance before the committee you were considered a “betrayer” • Society looked treated you differently • You had to pay consequences for being trialed

Mc. Carthy is televised and accuses armies • Humiliated on television • He had no evidence to convict who he thought had connections to the communists • He accused armies of being “ of being communist and soviet spies” • He was no longer senator after this

Mc. Carthyism is a witch hunt • It was politically motivated practice • Government hunted people who they believed were communist • Private-industry panels, committees, and agencies were hired to track the “witches” down • Those found guilty were convicted

1692 and 1950 s witch hunts • Both accused without any true evidence • Accused witches and communists were trialed • Communist and witches were badly looked upon by the public • Both were usually found guilty were convicted

Japanese internment • Japanese were treated unfairly • And many were accused of something they didn’t do • Forced into war relocation camps • Japanese were excluded or convicted • Japanese were looked for by armies