Throughout the history of North America there have been a plethora of battles waged between those with conflicting theologies in terms of religion. Looking to the protestant faith, one can see how protestant beliefs and or presents have been challenged not only by faiths of obvious secular contrast, such as Catholicism, but also by minutely dissimilar denominations that have fracture off of preexisting sects. In comparing Josiah Strong’s “Our Country” to Harry Emerson Fosdick’s “Shall the Fundamentalists Win” a contrast in who is opposing Protestants authority can be seen, along with why these sects were challenging theological ideas of the time. Moreover, the response of Protestants over time can be contrasted in how they deal with threats
The Cold War was a war of ideologies and propaganda. Hence, the smallest display of failure or mistrust on one side meant a great advantage for the other. This is exactly what McCarthy did in the 1950's. He created and developed a period of negativity in his time as a senator. By doing so, he gave the Soviets an advantage, and he weakened America's image internationally.
Can the fear of people control the way certain things and events are looked at? In 1950 a nationwide historical campaign called McCarthyism took place. The campaign was against alleged communist in the U.S government and other institutions and accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence which was carried out by Joseph McCarthy. The primary targets were usually union activist, government employees, educators, and entertainment industry. Many people people lost their trust in others, causing a new outlook on life while relationships were destroyed. McCarthyism was caused by the fear of the people due to past events.
Rumors cause controversy in every society no matter what the day and age is. This is very true for the case of Joseph McCarthy in the Red Scare. In this article about the Red Scare involving Joseph McCarthy the 1950’s It is reported that “During the speech, McCarthy held up a list of people he claimed were known traitors. McCarthy never made the list of names public.
Injustice takes place everyday in the world. It becomes apparent when landmark cases arise. Whether it is admitted or not, someone will recognize the injustice but not say a word. The legal system has proven itself unjust through infamous trials in different eras. One of those infamous trials, was the Salem witchcraft trials which were an early example of a justice system and its poor methods (“Salem Witch Trials”).
During this time period, not long after the end of World War II, the USSR (Soviet Union) was on the rise, which led to the Cold War. The Cold War led to increased tension between the United States, and the Soviet Union due to competition and heavy conflict of interest. The involvement of the Soviet Union led to the dramatic fear of communism among the public after witnessing the horrific environment within the USSR. This helped develop McCarthyism, the idea of investigating, and accusing someone in power of being associated with communism. Joe McCarthy himself, the founder of his very ideal also gained much popularity within this time period due to many Americans fearing the rise of communist leaders and communism itself.
Washington claims religion is a prerequisite for patriotism. Without religion, oaths sworn on the Bible would bear no weight. In essence, religion and the potential for an afterlife motivate the government (or the people who comprise it) and the governed to act in the best interest of the nation, rather than the individual. Ultimately, Washington’s Farewell invokes religion as the sole basis of morality, the foundation upon which American governance must lie in order to survive.
McCarthyism represents a period of mass hysteria, fearmongering, and demagoguery. It differs a little from the Trump era, yet both are similar in the aspect of manipulating public opinion to undermine democracy. Joseph McCarthy used communism as a way to feed into mass hysteria; Donald Trump wants to use immigrants in the same way. They wanted to amass a lot of power and be the sole perpetrator who wields it. They avoided accountability as long as they could from the judicial branch, the media, and anyone who disagreed with their interests.
Joseph McCarthy, McCarthyism and the Mccarthy-Army Hearings On September 2, 1945, the Second World War ended and what became known as the “Cold War” began between the United States and Soviet Union. The Cold War was mainly a disagreement between the two oppositions of government- Communism versus Democracy which divided the world. (Lindrop 19-29) This subject also divided America and caused political outbreak throughout the country.
Federalist Precis A group of like-minded men who are considered to be the “Founding Fathers” of America, made up of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, wrote and published a group essay so to speak, under the pseudonym “Publius” (which refers to one of four roman aristocrats who overthrew a monarchy) full of their collected individual essays and entitled the collected group works “The Federalist” (1787). The 14th essay, a work of Madison, is deemed to be of particular importance in which Madison argues against critics that claim America is too large to be governed as a republic, and explains the concept of central government in the interest for the people, by the people. Madison furthers his argument by explaining the benefits of unity, and that a republic in the mold of America has never been seen before and requires the utmost unity for it to be successful. Madison effectively argues by addressing the counterargument in the opening paragraphs, which allows the audience to consider all the points of views and thus see the logic in Madison’s argument as he explains by saying:
All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of war” (3). Lincoln appeals to reason through the religious values that he displays in order to explain the reasons for war and God’s punishments and make his audience feel united, “Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other... The prayers of both could not be answered” (3). John F. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, used the bible in his speech to appeal to the religious value of helping the oppressed, “Let both sides unite to heed, in all corners of the earth, the command of Isaiah -- to ‘undo the heavy burdens, and [to] let the oppressed go free’" (2). Unlike how Lincoln uses religion to unify the division between the North and South, Kennedy uses figurative language and syntax in order to voice his desire for and unified the Communists and Americans, ‘Now the trumpet summons us again --not as a call to bear arms…but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, ‘rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation’ a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.
Without religion we have no morality, without morality we are beings of evil. “The Evil Empire” speech by Ronald Reagan, is verbal dissent of the Soviet Union and his supports for abolishment of abortion. Reagan’s speech was held in 1983 at the Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, seemingly a tactical decision to have a crowd susceptible to a religious appeal. Using word choice and repetition, Reagan rallies the public’s support with arguments of morality using religion, a pathos and ethos appeal. Reagan begins his speech with a religious joke, though seemingly just an ice breaker, this is how Reagan beings his pathos and ethos appeal.
McCarthyism is defined as a “political attitude characterized chiefly by opposition to element held to be subversive… especially on the basis of unsubstantiated charges”. The term was coined by in 1950 by Herbert Block, a political cartoonist. Many historians attribute McCarthyism to a period of time that largely took place in the 1950’s, due to the popularization of McCarthyist tactics by Senator Joseph McCarthy at that time. However, McCarthyism cannot be contained in one decade, as the behaviors linked to it are present in most walks of life. A form of McCarthyism can be seen in the way children behave.
February Non-Fiction Book Report Fried, Richard M. Nightmare In Red. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. Print. The book, Nightmare In Red, is about the McCarthyism era and the upcoming of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Annotated Biliograohy Schrecker, E. (2003). McCarthyism. In S. I. Kutler (Ed.), Dictionary of American History (3rd ed. , Vol.
