sentences:  Symbolic Convergence Theory has been used to study movements such as the Puritans, the Knights of Columbus, American communism, and the Women's movement.It has been used to study political visions such as the Cold War, the New South, and Vietnam war decision making, amongst others.The Cold War rhetorical vision allowed theorists to mesh findings of previous SCT studies to discern, understand, and explicate more fully the intricate life-cycle of a rhetorical vision.