Salem Witch Trials Vs McCarthy Hearings The Salem Witch Trials and McCarthy Hearings were both tragic events that happened in the world we live in today. Many people were accused and prosecuted because of what the government thought of them, Overhead the beliefs of one group of people led to two national events and situations that changed the way our government thinks on their feet today. These two events actually have many similarities and differences pertaining into their details and structure. To start Salem, Massachusetts was a town that was really a peaceful farming town which was well known for its farming capabilities and for its prosperous port which had many of its townsfolk engaged in fishing.Moreover Salem of course
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For example, people believed that witches were able to change their forms and while doing this cause brain damage to a victim or host.Following this was the belief that witches cause treacherous hallucinations to people(victims) that they were near.Beyond these rumors were more disturbing moments where it was explained that witches could send objects into their victims, use nail clippings, blood clots, and individual hairs to intrude the captured, and other records evaluated that these witches would massage intrusive material into the surface or cut an incision into the body causing weird infections. The rumors of the people are disturbing, but the people actually believed these innocent people could cause these imagined events.Moreover, reverends believed the best defenses against witches were as followed. First Beating out the witch from the substance or person bewitches was a technique, Driving a nail into a witches footprint was quite widespread in two traditions. Salt was also believed to be a good source to fight off witchcraft. Europeans were believed to be safe from witches mainly because they consumed large amounts of foods with salt. Later on African Americans postulated that if you located the skin that was left from a witch and rubbed pepper and salt onto it somehow the …show more content…
A Few miles south of Salem at a place named McCracken Corner a girl named Sadie Loop was accused of being inflicted by witchcraft. On May 1893, a rare church court was organized to consider charges against Sadie Loop. Moving forward even young children were believed to be using this method of sorcery.Later on during these centuries two major cultural event movements led to new re-evaluations of the spirit realm. One was religious- the second was the Great Awakening which encompassed the revivalist movements led by methodist and priest. During the year 1838, papers as in magazines begin to recall witchcraft leading to people getting confused over the events which had just happened 40 years ago. Suddenly after this event Manhattan commenced organizations to look at witchcraft deeply. In either case we can look back at the Salem Witch Trials as a negative effect to our current standing or a positive standing depending on how we look into it, But from these actions Salem became a metaphor that we look back on, and it showed how much our government needed to be repaired. Even Though Salem was an action by 3 young girls that caused the death of 20 innocents, it marked the beginning of America 's Enlightenment, But not only Salem lives to be remembered to this day, But McCarthyism Hearings were introduced during the mid
For example, people believed that witches were able to change their forms and while doing this cause brain damage to a victim or host.Following this was the belief that witches cause treacherous hallucinations to people(victims) that they were near.Beyond these rumors were more disturbing moments where it was explained that witches could send objects into their victims, use nail clippings, blood clots, and individual hairs to intrude the captured, and other records evaluated that these witches would massage intrusive material into the surface or cut an incision into the body causing weird infections. The rumors of the people are disturbing, but the people actually believed these innocent people could cause these imagined events.Moreover, reverends believed the best defenses against witches were as followed. First Beating out the witch from the substance or person bewitches was a technique, Driving a nail into a witches footprint was quite widespread in two traditions. Salt was also believed to be a good source to fight off witchcraft. Europeans were believed to be safe from witches mainly because they consumed large amounts of foods with salt. Later on African Americans postulated that if you located the skin that was left from a witch and rubbed pepper and salt onto it somehow the …show more content…
A Few miles south of Salem at a place named McCracken Corner a girl named Sadie Loop was accused of being inflicted by witchcraft. On May 1893, a rare church court was organized to consider charges against Sadie Loop. Moving forward even young children were believed to be using this method of sorcery.Later on during these centuries two major cultural event movements led to new re-evaluations of the spirit realm. One was religious- the second was the Great Awakening which encompassed the revivalist movements led by methodist and priest. During the year 1838, papers as in magazines begin to recall witchcraft leading to people getting confused over the events which had just happened 40 years ago. Suddenly after this event Manhattan commenced organizations to look at witchcraft deeply. In either case we can look back at the Salem Witch Trials as a negative effect to our current standing or a positive standing depending on how we look into it, But from these actions Salem became a metaphor that we look back on, and it showed how much our government needed to be repaired. Even Though Salem was an action by 3 young girls that caused the death of 20 innocents, it marked the beginning of America 's Enlightenment, But not only Salem lives to be remembered to this day, But McCarthyism Hearings were introduced during the mid