In the United States, groundless fears, prejudices, and demagoguery produced three notable events that echoed the Salem trials. All three happened under extremely tense and stressful circumstances caused by global events: World War II and by the Cold War.
The order reflected the widespread fear that presumably unassimilated Japanese immigrants and their offspring would be more loyal to Japan than to their new country. To prevent the rise of such an “enemy within” during the war, state and local authorities along the West Coast removed over 110,000 Japanese Americans from their homes — almost two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens — and placed them in internment camps
During his brief political career, he made undocumented charges of communism, communist sympathies, disloyalty, and homosexuality against hundreds of politicians and non-government individuals. His attacks included the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the United States Army.
Government employees and workers in private industry, whose characters and loyalties were smeared by McCarthy’s broad brush, lost their jobs. His crusade of slander ended four years after it started when his charges were rejected during televised McCarthy-Army hearings in 1954, and he was publicly denounced by fellow Republicans and Edward R. Morrow, a leading TV journalist.
Part A Answer: D. They were all driven by fear during a time of crisis.
Part B: Which detail best supports the answer to Part A?
A. "In the United States, groundless fears, prejudices, and demagoguery produced three notable events that echoed the Salem trials". (Paragraph 19)
B. "To prevent the rise of such an 'enemy within' during the war, state and local authorities along the West Coast removed over 110,000 Japanese Americans from their homes". (Paragraph 21).
C. "During his brief political career, he made undocumented charges of communism, communist sympathies, disloyalty, and homosexuality against hundreds of politicians and non-government individuals. (Paragraph 28)
D." Government employees and workers in private industry, whose characters and loyalties were smeared by McCarthy’s broad brush, lost their jobs. (Paragraph 29)
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The detail that best supports the answer to Part A is:
B. "To prevent the rise of such an 'enemy within' during the war, state and local authorities along the West Coast removed over 110,000 Japanese Americans from their homes." (Paragraph 21).
This detail explicitly illustrates the fear-driven actions taken during a time of crisis, reflecting how the fear of disloyalty led to the internment of Japanese Americans.
