McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism. The term refers to U.S senator Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) and has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting from the late 1940s through the 1950s.
(the first thing the question needs to fix is that it should be "What problems did the pilgrims faced and how did they deal with them?")(sorry) The pilgrims faced many problems. Where to put shelter, food resources, wild animals, and natives. For food and shelter, they had no time to mess around. They got straight to building and tried to do it fast. They picked berries and other fruits that they knew weren't posiones. The hunted the wild animals thanks to some natives. The other natives didn't want thm in their land so they would attack. The pilgrims responded by attacking back. I hope I answered your question correctly and I hope it helps you out.
Because it would be a crime to not return a slave or report it, making it so anyone would have to report it and slave would be captured a lot easier. That is why they like the fugitive slave act.<span />
