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Mass Hysteria Project

Mass Hysteria Project. A Brief Overview. What is the project?. Complete research on one of the following examples of hysteria in the United States: Japanese Internment Camps – WWII McCarthyism – 1950s Post 9/11 – 2001-present West Mepmphis Three – 1993-2007

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Mass Hysteria Project

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  1. Mass Hysteria Project A Brief Overview

  2. What is the project? • Complete research on one of the following examples of hysteria in the United States: • Japanese Internment Camps – WWII • McCarthyism – 1950s • Post 9/11 – 2001-present • West Mepmphis Three – 1993-2007 • Come together in a group and, using your research papers, address a hypothetical example of mass hysteria here at SLHS

  3. Japanese Internment Camps • What caused the hysteria? • Attack on Pearl Harbor • Fear of Japanese-Americans sending messages overseas • What happened? • 110,000 forced into internment camps • 62% were American citizens who lost their rights • No proof we needed to put people in camps • Those relocated lost all property • 1988, Ronald Regan apologized on behalf of the United States

  4. McCarthyism • What caused the hysteria? • Fear of communism in the 1950s • What happened? • Senator McCarthy used this fear to become famous • A large majority of resources were spent to hunt out communists and communist sympathizers • Hundreds were imprisoned; thousands lost their jobs and homes • Famous individuals were blacklisted if they were seen as different • Arthur Miller (wrote The Crucible based on this hysteria) • Marilyn Monroe • Charlie Chapman

  5. Post 9/11 Hysteria • What caused the hysteria? • Attacks of September 11th by terrorist organization based in radical Islam • What happened? • Racial profiling toward American citizens • Arab-Americans • Indian-Americans • Sikh temple shooting • Patriot Act • Controversial Act that allowed our government to break laws if an individual was suspected of terrorist ties. • Critique: who regulated what it meant to be “suspect”

  6. The West Memphis Three • What caused the hysteria? • The murder of 3 young boys in a small, rural town • What happened? • Three teens arrested (Jessie Misskelley, Jason Baldwin, and Damien Echols) • Easy targets due to past misdemeanors, outcast appearances • Convicted guilty without substantial evidence • Eventually overruled in 2007

  7. For all project info, use our class website • All handouts available on our website under the Mass Hysteria Project tab prueterSLHS.weebly.com

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