Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials, The Crucible, and McCarthyism Web Search
Directions: Surf the web to find information about The Salem Witch Trials, McCarthyism, and playwright Arthur Miller. For best results, use a variety of search engines. MSN, Google, Alta Vista, and Yahoo tend to yield the best results. Be sure to parenthetically site the website where you found the answers to the questions below, and don’t forget to write in complete sentences.
Keywords: Salem Trials, The Crucible, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Red Scare, Arthur Miller, Hollywood Blacklist, Communism, House on Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood Ten + McCarthyism, Senator Joseph McCarthy + Censure, Salem Witch Trial, Salem Witch Trial Museum
1) Using , find where Salem is and how far is it from Los Osos High School? How long would it take to drive there?
2) How was the practice of witchcraft viewed in 17th century New England?
3) Provide a list of all who were executed during the Salem Witch Trials.
4) In relation to the witch trials, who were the two girls that initially began acting strangely and what supposedly caused the girls' behavior?
5) When and in what type of social environment did the accusations of witchcraft occur?
6) What was the most infamous trial during the Salem Witch Trials and who was on trial? What were the events surrounding her being charged with witchcraft?
7) What role did Tituba play in the Salem Witch Trials?
8) In relation to the Salem Witch Trials, what was the difference between the being "afflicted" with witchcraft and being "accused" of witchcraft?
9) What happened in Salem after the trials were over?
10) What position in the U.S. government did Joseph McCarthy hold?
11) During the Red Scare in the United States during 1952, what was Joseph McCarthy’s infamous list?
12) How are events during the Salem Witch Trial comparable to what happened with McCarthyism in the 1950s?
13) What was the U.S. Congress’s final response to Joseph McCarthy’s actions and how long after their response did he die?
14) Who was Arthur Miller, what was the name of the play he wrote that was an allegory about McCarthyism, what does its title mean, and when was it written?
15) What was the Hollywood Blacklist and who were three of the famous people that were blacklisted?
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