American Witch Hunts
Rep. Peter King's congressional hearings this week on extremism among U.S. Muslims are being condemned by some as a political witch hunt—but how do they stack up against American history's most notorious? See the most infamous, from McCarthyism to the Lavender Scare.
"Pioneers in the Settlement of America: From Florida 1510 to California in 1849" Vol. 1, by William A. Crafts, Samuel Walker & Co
SALEM WITCH TRIALS (1692-1693)
"Pioneers in the Settlement of America: From Florida 1510 to California in 1849" Vol. 1, by William A. Crafts, Samuel Walker & Co
THE JIM CROW LAWS (1876-1965)
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GERMAN-AMERICAN INTERNMENT (World Wars I and II)
THE RED SCARE AND PALMER RAIDS (1919-1920)
PROHIBITION (1920-1933)
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JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT (1942-1946)
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JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES (1930s/1940s)
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McCARTHYISM (mid-20th Century)
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LAVENDER SCARE (1950s)
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