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* House Un-Americans Activities Committee formed to expose communists

* Late 40's the committee began investigating the entertainment industry and blacklisted those suspecting in having ties with Communism

* Of the 300 people black listed our Playwright Arthur Miller was one of them

* Miller admitted to the committee that he had attended meetings with other entertainers , but denied being a communist

* Miller ended up being cited contempt of Congress

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* Power- Losing and Gaining

* Justice

* Hysteria

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*  Wisconsin senator who gained his power through accusing others of subversion

* His name became associated with falsely charging others of disloyalty

* Lost his career and influence in 1954

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* Began in 1692 in the town of Salem, Massachusetts and ended in May 1693 after general amnesty was granted

* Betty Pariss and some others girls alarmed everyone in the town by "crying witch" and accusing other people in the town of practicing witchcraft

* The church held absolute power during this time along with the bewitched

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*  Treatise on witchcraft written by Heinrich Kramer
and John Sprenger in 1486

* Kramer a clergyman who once  held no power gained a lot of credibility after he convinced the Pope that witches were a threat to the church
*  Has 3 sections: Proves that witchcraft exists, how to identify a witch, procedure for trying a witch

* Pretty misogynistic, made women out to be weak minded and evil

*  Most widely printed and best selling book after the Bible

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* Born in October 17, 1915 in  Harlem, NY

*  He studied journalism at UOM in 1934 and started becoming known for his plays

* In 1953 he wrote the Crucible which was a play based on the Salem Witch Trials

* Only a portion of the information of the events was actually accurate in his play

* The play also represents the HUAC and other groups targeting citizens suspected of being communists