The Salem witch-hunt and the red scare by senator Joseph McCarthy were similar in many ways. In both situations the people involved in it had exploited what the people feared and used to their advantage. The Salem witch trials took place in the village of Salem in the Massachusetts Bay colony in the year of 1692. It started with the daughter Betty, and the niece Abigail Williams of the reverend Samuel Parris. In the trials the …showed first 75 words of 286 total…

…showed last 75 words of 286 total…do with socialistic ideas communist. Lot of times he had people falsely accused and ruined their lives. Writers and artists were persecuted the most. In both these situations the people were taken advantage of by having their fears preyed upon. We still see things like this happen when people are scared a little bit too much and do not think reasonably. They get to caught up in the hysteria and go against their better judgments.