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What are some examples of Mob Mentality?
FOMO, Social Media, Riots
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
A period of time in the late 1600s, where a series of women and one man were accused of and killed for witchcraft
Tituba
A slave to Reverend Parris - The first Person in Salem to be accused of Witchcraft
Puritans
A religious group that came to Massachusetts from England in the 1600s, in hopes of finding religios freedom
Corruption
The use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
What does it mean to be blacklisted?
To be banned from all of the jobs in your industry
What was the role of women in Puritan society?
They were expected to be calm, quiet, uneducated childbearers
Giles Corey
A farmer in Salem who refused to confess to witchcraft. He was the only man killed in the Salem Witch Trials: he was pressed to death.
Spectral Evidence
"Evidence" based on dreams and visions
Persecute
Cause to suffer
When was The Crucible published?
a.) 1699
b.) 1984
c.) 1953
c.) 1953
How many people were accused of witchcraft? How many were killed for it?
200 were accused, 20 were killed
Joseph McCarthy
A senator from the 1950s who lead the charge in finding and persecuting people believed to be associated with Communism
Predestination
The puritans' belief that you were born either in God's favor, or not
Congregation
The act of assembling / a religious group
What is paranoia? How could it have contributed to the Salem Witch Trials
Fear that contorts what you see and believe
What is the similarity between the McCarthy Trials and the Salem Witch Hunts?
Both involved innocent people being accused of crimes with little-to-no evidence
Arthur Miller
The author of our text, the Crucible
"House of UnAmerican Activities Committee"
A committee that was established under McCarthyism- which sought to persecute people who they considered affiliated with communism
Ministry
The work of a person who conducts religious worship
What do scientists think might have happened in Salem that caused the hallucinations, vomiting and seizures?
A fungus that grows in marshy land and wheat, a staple in Salem at the time
What did the Puritans believe about the Devil?
That the Devil could hold on to people and work through them - these people were known as witches
Betty Parris and Abigail Williams
The daughter and niece of Reverend Parris - the first girls to be "afflicted" by witches during the Salem Witch Trials
Mob Mentality
When people in a group stop thinking for themselves individually, which often results in actions motivated by fear and panic.
Heathen
Someone who goes against your God