The Crucible FYI Flashcards
Traditional folk practices in Salem were misinterpreted as what?
witchcraft
Less than half of those who attended church were worthy of what?
full membership
Some accusations of witchcraft were uses to enforce what?
Puritan religious orthodox
The first witchcraft trial was what year?
1648
What native tribe was involved in the King Philips war?
Wampanoag
What war contributed to the siege mentality of the Puritans?
King Phillips War
What was Micheal Wiggelsworth’s book detailing God’s punishments to the witches?
Day of Doom
What powerful thing could the girls also been affected from?
A narcotic
How was the community in Salem?
divided
Who was the senator involved in anti-communist hysteria?
Joseph McCarthy
What rose in the 1950s that the Crucible is a analogy of?
anti-communist hysteria
What book set the guidelines for witch hunters?
Malleus Maleficarum
What was the first English colony in 1607?
Jamestown
What is the warship of the devil
diabolism
What did the bible say about witches?
Thou shalt not suffer a watch to live