What is the cause for human violence? There are two main reasons for these causes: mob mentality and hysteria. Mob mentality is usually when a group of people are angry about something and they persuade others to join in, in turn, this causes hysteria. Hysteria is mass fear of something. Usually caused by seeing others with the same fear. These causes were evident in two events: The Salem Witch Trials and The Kent State Shootings.
1In 1692, a great injustice was done to the innocent people of Salem,
Massachusetts(Douglas). Nineteen men and women were condemned to die on Gallows Hill,
Salem with no more evidence than the ravings of scared children(Douglas). In the winter of
1691-1692 Elizabeth “Betty” Parris fell sick to a strange illness …show more content…
Then the town followed behind them which caused the instance of mob mentality. Later on it was determined that all were innocent of witchcraft and it was all made up, because of the fear of a little girl.
Other than the Salem Witch Trials there was another incident of mob mentality and hysteria: The Kent State Shootings. In May of 1970 there was a horrific tragedy. At Kent State
University in Ohio riots had been taking place for months against the Vietnam War. In the start of
May the level of violence escalated to vandalism and destruction of property by the protestors, most of them were students(Kent State Shootings). On May 2nd, the mayor of Kent declared a state of emergency and the governor deployed the National Guard(Kent State Shootings). On
May 3rd, there were approximately one thousand national guardsmen on campus to help control the violence and looting(Kent State Shootings). With the arrival of the National Guard tensions rose(Kent State Shootings). Then they escalated when the governor made the statement,”
These rallies and riots are a demonstration of how unpatriotic these students are.”(Kent State
Shootings). He later said,” They’re the worst type of people that we harbor in America. I think
1In 1692, a great injustice was done to the innocent people of Salem,
Massachusetts(Douglas). Nineteen men and women were condemned to die on Gallows Hill,
Salem with no more evidence than the ravings of scared children(Douglas). In the winter of
1691-1692 Elizabeth “Betty” Parris fell sick to a strange illness …show more content…
Then the town followed behind them which caused the instance of mob mentality. Later on it was determined that all were innocent of witchcraft and it was all made up, because of the fear of a little girl.
Other than the Salem Witch Trials there was another incident of mob mentality and hysteria: The Kent State Shootings. In May of 1970 there was a horrific tragedy. At Kent State
University in Ohio riots had been taking place for months against the Vietnam War. In the start of
May the level of violence escalated to vandalism and destruction of property by the protestors, most of them were students(Kent State Shootings). On May 2nd, the mayor of Kent declared a state of emergency and the governor deployed the National Guard(Kent State Shootings). On
May 3rd, there were approximately one thousand national guardsmen on campus to help control the violence and looting(Kent State Shootings). With the arrival of the National Guard tensions rose(Kent State Shootings). Then they escalated when the governor made the statement,”
These rallies and riots are a demonstration of how unpatriotic these students are.”(Kent State
Shootings). He later said,” They’re the worst type of people that we harbor in America. I think