The Salem Witch Trials And The Blacklisting Of Americans During The 1950s

Is the difference between right and wrong clear? The answer to this question is yes, and no. Depending on the situation, the answer can be a blur and cannot be determined very easily. For example, look at the incident called “The Salem Witch Trials”, and “The Blacklisting of Americans during the 1950s”. During the time of early European settlers in America, people were very religious. These people would spend their whole Sunday in church. Since everyone had much faith, when they saw people who acted strangely or skipped church, it was a bad sign. The people who acted suspiciously were assumed to be possessed by the devil, which then leads us to “The Salem Witch Trials”. Those “possessed” by the devil were usually women, although not all, were called witches. These “witches” were put on trial by the townspeople and

This event was later named “The Blacklisting of America”. After World War II, Americans were terrified because of high tensions with Russia. Russia, or the Soviet Union at the time, spread Communism to China, North Korea, and Vietnam. Because of this, Americans were cautious of communists in the United States. They started questioning many people during this time to see if they were communist or not. Most people who were accused of being communist were in reality innocent. Because of these blacklistings, the accused communists lost their jobs, credibility, social status, etc. This event probably sounds familiar or similar to another. The Blacklisting of America and The Salem Witch Trials are often compared because of the similarities of the two. History often repeats itself, and thus, it happened again. Did these people believe they were right to accuse others of being communists? Yes they did. Were they actually right? No, they were very far from it. This again proves how it is immensely difficult to tell the difference between right and wrong depending on the