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    The Salem witch trials was a trial based on the principles theocratic government and accusation of Witchcraft. The Salem witch trials had led to the execution of fifteen people‚ and the imprisonment of five others‚ all who died within jail. It had all started from the spread of mass hysteria. Shortly afterwards‚ people began to realize the huge folly of this type of theocratic style of government‚ and by 1697 the general of Massachusetts Court had even called for a day of fasting in respect for the

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    Did you know that the majority of the majority of the women who were accused of witchcraft were married to rich men? And that they were accused by single‚ poor women? In Salem‚ during the summer of 1692‚ 20 people were murdered due to accusations of performing witchcraft. I believe that single‚ poor women were jealous of the married‚ rich women‚ so they accused them of witchcraft. They knew that is there was any suspicion the women would be put to death‚ and then their rich husbands would be single

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    of their similarity to the Salem witch trials. The McCarthy hearings are trials in which Senator Joe McCarthy accuses government employees of being Communists. He exaggerates and exploits the evidence and ruins many reputations just as the girls do in the Salem witch trials. The accused‚ in both cases‚ are used as scapegoats for society’s problems and the only way to escape direct punishment is to admit to guilt. Joseph McCarthy and the girls from Salem begin to accuse people of being

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    3.3 Area profile Map of Salem district of Tamil Nadu Salem District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Salem is the district headquarters and other major towns in the district include Mettur‚ Omalur and Attur. Salem is a Geologist’s paradise‚ surrounded by hills and the landscape dotted with hillocks. Salem has a vibrant culture dating back to the ancient Kongu Nadu. As a district‚ Salem has its significance in various aspects; it is known for mangoes cultivation‚ silver ornaments

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    Do you know about The Salem Witch Trials? If not‚ keep reading. The Salem Witch Trials were a series of accusations of witchcraft towards older women. This took place between 1692 and 1693. As a result‚ many innocent people were executed. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is an example of what partially happen in the Salem Witch Tails using real names and real events in his play. The Crucible is mainly about the innocent people who lost their life’s from an injustice way and conflicts between

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    SIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS: SOCIOECONOMICS‚ RELIGION‚ AND FEAR A PAPER SUBMITTED TO SISTER JEANNE LEFEBVRE FOR HISTORIOGRAPHY AND METHODOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY BY NICHOLAS KNEZEVICH ADRIAN‚ MICHIGAN MAY 2006 Abstract The Salem Witch Trials were caused by socioeconomic problems that were intertwined with the fabric that held early American life together: religion. Puritanism’s lack of set doctrine lent itself to the possibility of corrupt leadership

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    In Rosalyn Schanzer´s Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem‚ extreme disorder in civilization took place due to massive amounts of unjust witch accusations. In early 1692‚ mass chaos struck Salem Village‚ Massachusetts. In a ravenous sprint to gain revenge and play a game of kill-or-be-killed‚ approximately 200 people were accused of witchcraft. 20 of these were executed. Families turned on each other‚ civilians accused one another of unimaginable things‚ and all because of two

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    Potent similarities of different patterns and genres are found between the Salem witch trials and McCarthyism even though there was a significant period of time that separated them. The Salem witch trials began in 1692 and caused panic‚ confusion‚ and disorder as a result of witchcraft accusations in both Salem Village and Salem Town‚ Massachusetts. McCarthyism‚ which was presided over by J.‚ Parnell Thomas from the 1940s to the 1950s‚ first originated in the HUAC (House of Un-American Activities

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    the events of the Salem Witch Trials. In relation to that‚ many thousands of people were accused of being communists during the 1950s. The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ was no coincidence to the Second Red Scare that also happened in the same time period. He compares the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare for their similar causes including fear and (second point) resulting horrendous consequences that were to be faced by the victims who were accused. First‚ both the Salem Witch Trials and

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    Most people have no idea that the Holocaust and the Salem Witch Trials have many similarities. Both events lead to killings of innocent people. The Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler became the leader of Germany (Holocaust Facts). The Nazi’s targeted the Jewish race(Holocaust Facts) . In the Holocaust eleven million people were killed (Holocaust Facts). Six million of the eleven million were Jewish and over one million were children(Holocaust Facts) . Nazi is an acronym for Nationalization

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