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McCarthyism in the US RequirementsEssay Assignments must be double-spaced in Times Roman 12 point font.Essay Assignments must be between 800-1000 words long. NOTE: QUOTATIONS DO NOT COUNT TOWARD THE WORD COUNT.Essay Assignments must NOT have extra lines between paragraphs.Essay Assignments must have one-inch margins on all sides.Essay Assignments must include the student’s name, course number, and date , Professor’s Name, and Word Count in the upper left hand corner of the first page of the essay.In the Essay Assignments, students must cite all ideas, quotations, paraphrases and summaries that are not the student’s original thoughts. Failure cite sources constitutes plagiarism and may result in a zero (0) or in disciplinary action depending on the circumstances.Students must use footnotes for their citations.Essay Assignments must have a Bibliography.Essay Assignments must be the student’s original work and must be original for this class. Submitting someone else’s work as the one’s own work constitutes plagiarism and may result in a zero (0) or in disciplinary action depending on the circumstances.ESSAY ONE PROMPTStudents will analyze and write on ONE of the three groups of documents below:CHOICE ONE:Read:“Document Project 24: McCarthyism and the Hollywood Ten” from Nancy A. Hewitt and Stephen F. Lawson. Exploring American Histories: A Survey with Sources. Second Edition. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins, 201

7. pp. 817-822.Respond: Was McCarthyism an aberration (something out of the ordinary in American society) or part of a larger and older force in American Society?Answer Preview……………The United States has experienced periods of significant influence on its history, one of them being the rise of McCarthyism in the 1950s. The cold war had just begun in 1947 and there was a strong conviction among the people that communist views held no position within the American society. Consequently, one was either aligned with the American idea of a capitalist society or was actively involved in the support of the Soviet communist ideas. Ultimately, people were highly likely to be suspicious of each other, something that led to the rise of the McCarthyism doctrine. The doctrine presented a position in which Americans were highly likely to accuse each other of different issues, in this case, the primary issue is a membership to the communist party, despite the absence of proof that one was actually in support of the party. Based on the legal system used in the contemporary society, the accuser always bears the burden of proof, which implies that he or she needs to have sufficient evidence before making a particular accusation (Loewenstein 212). Consequently, a government attorney will always ensure that he or she gathers enough evidence connecting a particular individual to a certain……….APA 888 words
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