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The events of the Salem witch trials and McCarthyism are similar because____.
A. people wrongly accused others who, as a result, were convicted with little or no evidence of wrong doing
B. mass hysteria made people fearful of Satan
C. the government convicted, but then pardoned innocent people
D. society charged and then condemned innocent people


Sagot :

Answer:

A. people wrongly accused others who, as a result, were convicted with little or no evidence of wrong doing

Explanation:

Joseph McCarthy was a Senator representing Wisconsin who made accusations between 1950 to 1954 that some people within the government were supporters of Communism. This caused a scare as there was already distrust in the economy about communists and the Soviet Union. He even wrote to the President promoting this accusation.

This bears a great semblance to the Salem witch trials were a lot of people were accused of being witches and some even convicted, when in reality, the accusations were false.