The Crucibles
The Holocaust
Witch Hunt Vocabulary
100

What type of evidence does the court accept that cannot be proven in real life?

Spectral Evidence

100

What year and place was Hitler born

He was born in 1889 in a small town in Austria-Hungary

100

What vocabulary word means blaming an innocent person or group for problems they didn’t cause?

Scapegoat

200

How does hysteria help the witch trials grow out of control?

People stop thinking logically, rumors become truth, and everyone becomes afraid of being accused.

200

What was the massive attack that made violent attack on Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.

Kristallnacht

200

What word describes a situation where fear spreads quickly and makes people act irrationally?

Hysteria

300

Why does Hale eventually quit the court

He realizes innocent people are being condemned and the system is corrupt.

300

What were the Nuremberg Laws

The Nuremberg Laws were laws in 1935 and took away the basic rights and citizenship of jewish people.


300

What term refers to a large group developing shared irrational beliefs or panic?

Mass psychosis

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