The Crucible

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Scavenger Hunt

Answer the following questions by researching the hyperlinks provided in the slide show. Write down your source and print the selection of the web page on which you found the information.

1. What is rye ergot? Explain the connection between ergot and witchcraft.   
   
2. Describe the procedures to determine whether a person was a witch. Access the earliest available documents.
   
3. Describe in two sentences the origin of Puritanism and its political role in England in the 16^th century.
   
4. Why did the English Puritans flee England? Describe their journey to the New World.
   
5.  What is “predestination?” Explain the relationship between the belief in “predestination” and the moral ethics of the Puritans.  
   
6. Cite 4 sermons by William Bates. 
   
7. Explain the principle of “covenant” in Puritan society. 
   
8. What was the most terrible sin a child could commit against her/his parents according to Cotton Mather? 
   
9. What were considered capital crimes in American Puritan society? 
   
10. How many men and women were hanged as witches in the Salem witch trials of 1692? 
    
11. Name 6 key players in the Salem witch trials. What was their role? 
    
12. Explain the difference between the “afflicted” and the “accused” in witch trials.
    
13. What was the “Red Scare” in the U.S in the 1950s? How was it similar to the Salem witch trials? 
    
14. What was the “Black Silence of Fear” that reigned during McCarthyism in the U.S. in the 1950s? 
    
15. In the 1980s Lindy Chamberlain was the subject of a witch hunt in Australia. Explain what she was accused of.  

Last updated 2/12/05