The Salem Witch Trials
1. According to Google Maps/earth Salem sits on the north coast of Massachusetts above Boston.
2. The Salem witch trials took place in 1692.
3. During the witch trials, Salem stood as a strict Puritan community in the form of a small village.
4. In 1692, Salem’s residents abided mainly by Puritan religious beliefs, such as that God existed as the Supreme Ruler, with great power and lasted without sin, unlike humans.
5. Teenaged girls lied responsible for the accusations of over two hundred and fifty people.
6. The witches crimes included bewitching, casting spells, and demonic relationships.
7. If convicted witches faced death, usually by hanging.
Senator Joseph McCarthy and HUAC
1. Senator Joseph McCarthy existed as a symbol of the “Red …show more content…
McCarthyism refers to making an accusation with little to no prove, in particular in accusing one to be a communist.
3. The House Un-American Activities Committee acted as an investigative group of the United States House of Representatives, led by McCarthy.
4. The House’s activities compare to the Salem witch trials because both cases made accusations against people with relatively no prove and mostly assumptions.
5. Other modern events compare to the witch hunts in Salem, such as the Holocaust. The Holocaust acted as a tool for Adolf Hitler to capture, attack, and kill Jewish members of the German and European community, with relatively no prove and mostly assumptions and accusations as reasoning for his acts.
Arthur Miller
1. Arthur Miller, the famous playwright, emerged to fame after the success of his first play, Death of a Salesman which earned him the Pulitzer prize. Arthur’s other works include All My Sons, A View from the Bridge, and The Crucible. Senator Joseph McCarthy’s and the HUAC’s targeting and ruling of Miller, served as Miller’s influence to write The Crucible. Arthur used The Crucible to compare McCarthy’s and the HUAC’s actions to those of the events of the Salem witch
1. According to Google Maps/earth Salem sits on the north coast of Massachusetts above Boston.
2. The Salem witch trials took place in 1692.
3. During the witch trials, Salem stood as a strict Puritan community in the form of a small village.
4. In 1692, Salem’s residents abided mainly by Puritan religious beliefs, such as that God existed as the Supreme Ruler, with great power and lasted without sin, unlike humans.
5. Teenaged girls lied responsible for the accusations of over two hundred and fifty people.
6. The witches crimes included bewitching, casting spells, and demonic relationships.
7. If convicted witches faced death, usually by hanging.
Senator Joseph McCarthy and HUAC
1. Senator Joseph McCarthy existed as a symbol of the “Red …show more content…
McCarthyism refers to making an accusation with little to no prove, in particular in accusing one to be a communist.
3. The House Un-American Activities Committee acted as an investigative group of the United States House of Representatives, led by McCarthy.
4. The House’s activities compare to the Salem witch trials because both cases made accusations against people with relatively no prove and mostly assumptions.
5. Other modern events compare to the witch hunts in Salem, such as the Holocaust. The Holocaust acted as a tool for Adolf Hitler to capture, attack, and kill Jewish members of the German and European community, with relatively no prove and mostly assumptions and accusations as reasoning for his acts.
Arthur Miller
1. Arthur Miller, the famous playwright, emerged to fame after the success of his first play, Death of a Salesman which earned him the Pulitzer prize. Arthur’s other works include All My Sons, A View from the Bridge, and The Crucible. Senator Joseph McCarthy’s and the HUAC’s targeting and ruling of Miller, served as Miller’s influence to write The Crucible. Arthur used The Crucible to compare McCarthy’s and the HUAC’s actions to those of the events of the Salem witch