How long did mccarthyism last? also, how long did the salem witch trials last?

How were McCarthyism and the Salem witch trials similar?

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    People with some influence on the population were afraid, ignorant and others were greedy. They manipulated the truth for many reasons and people paid with their property and lives. Different ways of life were suspect and therefore must be bad and removed from narrow minded societies. Religion and politics, both often attract the worst parts of mankind and allows them to strike out at their fears with seeming impunity backed by the population.

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