US History October 3 2013 The Salem Witch Trials In January 1692‚ A hysteria developed in a Salem Village located in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The beginning of the Salem Witch Trials started when two girls‚ Betty Parris‚ 9 years old and Abigail Williams‚ 11 years old began acting strangely. They began by having “fits” that could not be explained by the local doctor. The doctor who had no explanation for the fits or convulsion like symptoms deemed it witchcraft. This was the beginning
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How can two events that happened hundreds of years apart be strikingly similar? The themes and events of the Salem witch trails and McCarthyism era are very similar but still very different. The two events happened in the US history. The Salem witch trails happened in the year 1692 ‚ while the McCarthyism era was going on in the 1950-60 . The events happened 258 years apart. In both the witch trails and McCarthyism the accusations where based on pointless facts. “They be telling lies about my
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MCCARTHYISM ( Maddie ‚ Nicholas McCarthy accused innocent citizens of being communist. He ensured political success by corrupting the government.He would make false accusations during hearings to make things better for himself. ‚ Ashley ‚ Mary Beth ) 1. Who was McCarthy? Discuss his position in the senate as well as his perspective and role in the hearings. Senator Joseph McCarthy was the man who accused fellow government employees of being Communists. He would find evide
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Lucius Brockway is practically another Dr.Bledsoe or the representation of Booker.T.Washington’s ideas. 1. born into slavery to a white father and a slave mother in a rural area in southwestern Virginia in 1856 2. worked in West Virginia in a variety of manual labor jobs before making his way to Hampton Roads seeking an education 3. In 1881‚ he was chosen to be new Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. 4. famous for his “Atlanta Address” of 1895‚ attracting the attention of politicians
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why it started all line up. Spring of 1692 in Salem village‚ Massachusetts was where the Salem witch trials took place ("Salem Witch Trials"). People noticed that a group of young girls looked to be taken over by the devil ("Salem Witch Trials"). The mayor decided to make a “witch cake” which helps the person who is possessed tell who is there tormenter ("Salem Witch Trials"). The girls said three names Sarah Osborne‚ Sarah Good‚ and Tituba Indian ("Salem Witch Trials"). Out of the three women Sarah
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Influence of Religion on the Salem Witch Trials It is easier to find the Devil in your neighbor than to admit to your own guilt. With the help of religious intensity it is easier to see them hanged as well. In 1692‚ in Salem‚ Massachusetts this religious intensity does just that. The Crucible‚ a play by Arthur Miller‚ portraits the grim events that are happening in this little town of Salem and demonstrates just how easily things can get out of hand. The people of Salem are Puritan‚ and their
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The Salem Witch Trials Claudia Henry Survey of American History I Professor Craig Lowry December 11‚ 2014 In 1692‚ what is currently known as Danvers‚ was actually known as Salem Village. Salem Village was located in Massachusetts. At the time‚ Massachusetts was not a state‚ but it was actually an English colony. (Yolen‚ 2004) Life in Salem Village was most certainly a difficult one. There was no electricity‚ running water‚ or any form of motorized transportation
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TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY TITLE: ANALYSIS OF COPPER IN BRASS BY UV-VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY NAME: OPOKU ERNEST DATE: 21ST JANUARY‚ 2014 Page 1 of 9 TITLE: ANALYSIS OF COPPER IN BRASS BY UV-VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: By the end of this experiment‚ the student should be able to demonstrate the following proficiencies: 1. To determine the percentage of copper in brass by UV-visible spectroscopy. 2. Properly calibrate and use a spectrophotometer. 3. Convert
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amendment. When accused and were blacklisted‚ they often had to accuse other people that were affiliated with the left party to get out of being accused. Likewise‚ in Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible people of the Salem witch trials were no different from what happened in Hollywood. In the Salem witch trials‚ if one was accused of being a witch and chose not to talk‚ they would most likely be sentenced
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Salem‚ Massachusetts August 19th‚ 1692‚ John Proctor stood on the platform he said as they put the rope around his neck‚ “I regret nothing! I will not admit to being a witch I am a full puritan and will not lie.” Than they pulled out the stool from underneath him and it broke his neck he died a quick but unjust death. What caused the people of Salem to turn on one another? There were a lot of settlers to travel from Europe to the new world among these people there were the puritans who are going
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