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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what year did the Salem Witch Trials occur? | 1692 |
| In Europe between the 14th and 16 centuries, how many people were executed because they were though to be witches? | 40-50 thousand |
| What is a witch hunt? | authorities encourage local to fear and accuse each other |
| What was one sign of witchcraft according to "The Hammer of Witches"? | devil's mark/ witch's teet |
| What is swimming the witch? | dunking a accused witch underwater; if she sinks she is innocent if she floats she is a witch |
| Why was witchcraft considered an act of treason? | The king was also the head of the church so if you went against the church you went against the king |
| Where and when was the first witch trial in America? | Charlestown, 1648 |
| Who was Cotton Mather and what was his connection to witchcraft? | A minister, wrote a book on it and was apart of the court |
| What was the town of Salem, MA like in the late 1600's? | Small, chaotic, about 500 people |
| what was the puritan ideal of women? | silent, docile, helpful, submissive, motherly |
| Why was it thought that Puritan women were more likely to be witches than men? | lustful, impressionable, wanted knowledge, less likely to be ministers |
| Who was Tituba and what did she show/tell the Parris girls? | a slave of Reverend Parris; showed them voodoo tricks, told them tales of magic |
| What did Reverend Parris order the girls to do? | tell him who the witch was; accused Tituba, Sarah Goode, and Sarah Osborne |
| What is spectral evidence? | evidence that the accused appeared to the person being tormented as a spector |
| How did the afflicted Parris girls react every time Sarah Goode denied being a witch? Why was this important? | went into convulsive fits and screamed; this was considered strong evidence of her guilt |
| What was different about the first people accused and those later accused? | Began as low status outsider, became upstanding members of the community |
| In the spring of 1692, how many people were arrested/accused of witchcraft in salem? | 100+ |
| How old was the youngest person accused? | 4 (Dorkus Goode) |
| What happened if you spoke out for someone who was accused of witchcraft? | considered a suspect; accused/arrested |
| What was the one sure way to survive a witchcraft trial? | plead guilty/ confession |
| Who was Bridget Bishop? What was her punishment? | first killed in Salem, independent, previously accused; hanged |
| How many people were accused of witchcraft during the trials? How many died? | 200+; 24 |
| Were witches burned at the stake? Why? | No; it was forbidden by English Law |
| One man died a horrific death with stone. Describe. | refused to plea so large stones were placed on him in order to get a confession; crushed him |
| What did Increase Mather do to prevent people from being wrongly accused and convicted of witchcraft? | no longer accepted spectral evidence |
| What is one possible reason/explanation for why the young afflicted girl behaved the way they did during trials and accused people of witchcraft? | faked it for entertainment; really believed they were possessed; some members may have profited by accusing |
| How did the young Parris girls behave after hearing Tituba stories? What did they do? | acted crazy and possessed; threw fits, screamed, claimed to feel needles and knives |
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