As a result of McCarthyism, it became dangerous to speak out about injustices, or to even associate with people who challenged the status quo. What do these events tell you about
human nature and the dangers of majority rule? Can you think of another example in
history of mass fear causing people to act against their values because they were afraid
they would be punished if they didn't conform to the majority view?

the enslavement and death of yeet

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.

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