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Arthur Miller
Born October 17, 1915 - New York City Died
February 11, 2005 Parents Polish Jewish
Immigrant - father lost wealth in
1929 Education Graduated from the University of
Michigan in 1938 - studied history
economics - took writing classes
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Post Graduation Returned to NY as a freelance
writer 1944 wrote his first play The Man
Who Had All the Luck opened to terrible
reviews First real success on Broadway was All
my Sons 1947 Death of a Salesman 1949
(Pulitzer Prize) The Crucible - 1953
Miller married three times 1st wife Mary Grace
Slattery 1940-1956 two children 2nd wife was
Marilyn Monroe 1956- 1961 3rd wife was
Ingeborg Morath,- 1962 2002 a
photojournalist, two children together
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• Crucible
• A severe test
• trial

Blacklist A list of persons who are Disapproved
of or are to be Punished or boycotted.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy
Born Grand Chute, Wisconsin On Nov. 15,
1908. Conservative Republican Senator elected at
age 38. In a speech before a Republicans
womens group in West Virginia, McCarthy
charged he knew of 57 State Department Communists
. And called for an investigation.

1908-1957
http//www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyis
m.htm
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Mc Carthyism

• Named for Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin
• Term associated with anti-communism, 1950-1954
• U.S. Government actively engaged in combating Am.
  Communist Party subversion, leadership, or
  communist sympathizers.

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These people refused to name names.

• This included Larry Adler, Stella Adler, Leonard
  Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Joseph Bromberg,
  Charlie Chaplin, Aaron Copland, Hanns Eisler,
  Carl Foreman, John Garfield, Howard Da Silva,
  Dashiell Hammett, E. Y. Harburg, Lillian Hellman,
  Burl Ives, Arthur Miller, Dorothy Parker, Philip
  Loeb, Joseph Losey, Anne Revere, Pete Seeger,
  Gale Sondergaard, Louis Untermeyer, Josh White,
  Clifford Odets, Michael Wilson, Paul Jarrico,
  Jeff Corey, John Randolph, Canada Lee, Orson
  Welles, Paul Green, Sidney Kingsley, Paul
  Robeson, Richard Wright and Abraham Polonsky.

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McCarthyism The term McCarthyism 1st appeared as
a Washington Post cartoon. What does this
cartoon say?
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• Why did Arthur Miller write the Crucible?
• Arthur Miller was one of many accused by
  McCarthy.
• The Crucible used the Salem witch trials as a
  metaphor for the McCarthyism of the 1950s.

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• Summary of the witch trials
• Salem Witch Museum Education - Salem,
  Massachusetts