Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible to alert the American people against the government misinformation & ..... that were headed their way. And during the tense era of McCarthyism, celebrated playwright Arthur Miller was inspired to write a drama reflecting the mass cultural and political ..... produced when the U.S. government sought to suppress Communism and radical leftist activity in America.

MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE

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Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible to alert the American people against the government misinformation & ____ that were headed their way. And during the tense era of McCarthyism, celebrated playwright Arthur Miller was inspired to write a drama reflecting the mass cultural and political ____ produced when the U.S. government sought to suppress Communism and radical leftist activity in America.

A	propaganda / hysteria
B	news / music
C	misdirection / death
D	politicizing / communists

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -During the tense era of McCarthyism, celebrated playwright Arthur Miller was inspired to write a drama reflecting the mass cultural and political hysteria produced when the U.S. government sought to suppress Communism and radical leftist activity in America.

Detailed explanation-2: -Playwright Arthur Miller defies the House Committee on Un-American Activities and refuses to name suspected communists. Miller’s defiance of McCarthyism won him a conviction for contempt of court, which was later reversed by the Supreme Court.

Detailed explanation-3: -Written in the early 1950s, “The Crucible” served as an allegory for Miller to criticize McCarthyism-a veritable “witch-hunt” of the Cold War era. McCarthyism, named for Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy, referred to the panic, accusations, and trials of suspected communists in the US.

Detailed explanation-4: -First, to dramatize the hysterical effects of McCarthyism. Secondly, to demonstrate parallelism between Salem’s witch hunt and the Red Scare, to warn about the effects of the hysteria. Miller authored The Crucible as a way to use the archaic English of the seventeenth century that he desired to use.

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USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE