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How many people were murdered during the Salem Witch Trials?
Anthony Paul Bonadio, Teacher
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
The Salem Witch Trials in 1692 were a dark time in American history. In colonial America, practicing witchcraft was a felony. More than 200 people were cited for practicing witchcraft, and 20...Read More

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Who were responsible for the Salem Witch Trials?
Anthony Paul Bonadio, Teacher
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
There are three people depicted in Arthur Miller’s, “The Crucible.” They are most responsible for the Salem Witch Trials. Abigail Williams is mostly responsible for the Salem...Read More

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Why are the Salem Witch Trials so famous?
Bergeront Tiffney, Computer Engineer
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
The Salem Witch Trials were a series of legal proceedings in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It resulted in several women being hanged for practicing witchcraft. The accused women were prosecuted...Read More

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Why did the Salem Witch Trials happen?
Bergeront Tiffney, Computer Engineer
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
The Salem Witch Trials occurred because it was a classic example of scapegoating and fear combined with a "trigger." A traumatic or stressful incident is what often leads to scapegoating. It was...Read More

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What was the touch test used during the Salem Witch Trials?
O. Bickis, Corporate employee
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
The touch test was premised on the idea that victims of sorcery would have a special reaction to physical contact with their evil doer. In the cases where a possessed person fell into spells, the...Read More

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Where is Salem located?
A. Cook, English Professor
Answered: Mar 11, 2019
Salem is a historic city located on the coast in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, located in the North Shore. It is a New England bedrock of history and is considered one of the...Read More

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How were Puritan beliefs responsible for causing the Salem Witch Trials?
Bergeront Tiffney, Computer Engineer
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
The Puritan religion was under direct attack from other religious groups including the Quakers and the Baptists. There were several religious factors that promoted the Witch Trials. Among the...Read More

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How did the Salem Witch Trials start?
Bobby Rickets, Content Reviewer
Answered: Mar 11, 2019
The Salem Witch Trials formally began in February 1692, when the afflicted girls accused the first three victims, Tituba, Sara Good, and Sara Osborne of witchcraft. The trial ended in 1693 when...Read More

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Who was Ann Putnam Jr?
Bobby Rickets, Content Reviewer
Answered: Mar 11, 2019
Ann Putnam Jr was a principal witness at the Salem Witch Trials of Massachusetts during the later portion of the 17th-century colonial America. She was born in October 1679 to Thomas Putnam and...Read More

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Why were some men hung for the Salem Witch Trials?
O. Bickis, Corporate employee
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
For the most part, the men of Salem Village were involved in blaming, trying, and convicting the young women whose unusual behavior and outlandish accusations were at the heart of the trials....Read More

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What were the Salem Witch Trials?
Anthony Paul Bonadio, Teacher
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
The Witch Trials were a string of trials and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Colonial America's most legendary cases of mass hysteria. It has been portrayed in rhetoric and...Read More

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Which witchcraft hunt is known as the Second Salem Witch Trial?
A. Cook, English Professor
Answered: Mar 11, 2019
The Salem Witchcraft trial of 1878, also known as Ipswich Witchcraft Trial and the Second Salem Witch Trial, was a well-known American civil case held in May 1875 in Salem, Massachusetts, in...Read More

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Were Witch Trials a common thing during medieval times?
Bergeront Tiffney, Computer Engineer
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
Witch phobia and prosecutions for the crime of witchcraft reached a high point from 1580 to 1630, during the Counter-Reformation and the European Wars of religion, where around 50,000 people were...Read More

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How have the Salem Witch Trials affected the history of the U.S?
Anthony Paul Bonadio, Teacher
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
The Salem Witch Trials affected American history by implanting a deep satanic fear in the roots of America. The Salem Witch Trials was a significant turning point. Before this event, the colonies...Read More

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Did the Salem Witch Trials really happen?
Anthony Paul Bonadio, Teacher
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
The Salem Witch trials were a string of prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. The people who were found guilty were executed by hanging. The trials began after...Read More

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