The Salem Witch Trials Salem The Salem witch trials and hysteria first began‚ during the spring of 1692‚ when two young girls‚ Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams‚ started having uncontrollable fits that consisted of screaming and contortions. Several other girls‚ such as Mercy Lewis‚ Elizabeth Hubbard‚ and Ann Putnam Jr.‚ from Salem were also diagnosed with similar symptoms. After seeing the local doctor‚ William Griggs‚ he decided on the diagnosis of bewitchment. This lead the people to wonder
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between the Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism. The Salem Witch Trials were portrayed in the novel‚ The Crucible. Arthur Miller wrote this novel during the McCarthy era. Arthur Miller was put on trial for communism in the same fashion of many during the Salem Witch Trials. Many of the characters in Arthur Miller’s play are similar to people from his time as well as the similarity of both mass publics of the two times. The first similarity between characters is Abigail and Senator McCarthy. Abigail
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The Salem Witch Trials started in 1692 in Salem Village‚ Massachusetts‚ and are believed to have been created by many different theories. No one actually knows why or how the witchcraft started in the early colony. The witches were girls of all ages who were caught having strange behavior. Many people started believing they were actual witches because of the way people claimed to have been hurt or affected by a witch. Some Puritans would act out to make it seem like a witch was harming them or causing
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The Salem Witch Trial In 1692‚ Salem went through a period of witchcraft and unanswered questions. People were experiencing witchcraft left and right and they did not know what to do about it. The people wanted to know why is it happening‚ what was happening and how to stop it. Salem is located in the United States in Massachusetts. This is located in North America. The Puritans thought of North America as the devils territory. Over a period of time Salem girls started experiencing periods
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Mass Hysteria during the 1690s and 1950s. As examples of mass hysteria‚ both the Salem Witch Trials and the Cold War caused turmoil during their respective time period. Although very different time periods‚ the 1690s Salem Witch Trials and the 1950s Cold War were both dramatic examples of mass hysteria (Campbell). The Salem Witch Trials were one of the nation’s most dramatic examples of hysteria as close to 20 people were killed because of pure hype and chaos in the region (Campbell). The cold war
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remembering Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. Since Tituba’s claim that there were more witches in Salem‚ the witch hunt officially began and hysteria beset the
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talk / be heard‚ the truth will not be seen / acknowledged. 3. What is Mary Warren now prepared to tell the court Mary Warren is prepared to the court that the girls have only been sporting‚ or pretending. They honestly have never seen or known a witch and theyve only lied to protect themselves by throwing suspicion on others. 4. What two facts about John Proctor does Ezekiel Cheever feel compelled to reveal to Danforth Ezekiel Cheever feels compelled to tell Deputy Governor Danforth that John
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Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials During the time period of 1691 to 1692 the town of Salem‚ a small thriving community within the Puritan Massachusetts Bay colony‚ was struck by widespread hysteria in the form of witch trials. The way these trials and accusations played out are historically unlike any other witch trials found in European and American history. Historians have pointed to a number of economic‚ political‚ and social changes of the then existing institutions throughout the Massachusetts
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raged through Salem Village in 1692 caused the citizens to accuse and execute each other because of suspected witchcraft. The Salem witch trials‚ a series of court cases regarding the 131 people accused of witchcraft‚ led to twenty-five peoples’ deaths and the arrests of many more (Foulds 258). The trouble first started when two girls acted so strangely that people had no doubts that it was the result of witchcraft. Soon‚ they considered no one safe because anyone might be a witch‚ or may be tormented
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MCCARTHYISM ( Maddie ‚ Nicholas McCarthy accused innocent citizens of being communist. He ensured political success by corrupting the government.He would make false accusations during hearings to make things better for himself. ‚ Ashley ‚ Mary Beth ) 1. Who was McCarthy? Discuss his position in the senate as well as his perspective and role in the hearings. Senator Joseph McCarthy was the man who accused fellow government employees of being Communists. He would find evide
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