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Salem Witch Trials TED Ed Video
By Brandy Gearheart
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Question 1
1.
If you were accused of a crime you did not commit, would you make a false confession and accuse someone else so you could go free?
Yes, I would confess. Anything to keep my out of trouble.
No, I would not confess. I'm not admitting to something I did not do.
Question 2
2.
The Salem Witch Trials took place in which New England Colony?
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Question 3
3.
Question 4
4.
A physician diagnosed the Parris girls as...
delirious with fever.
under an evil hand.
being just silly kids.
Question 5
5.
All of the 'afflicted' people were
poor
boys
rich
girls
Question 6
6.
What was something all the accused women had in common?
They were all women who were somehow "outsiders" in Salem.
They were all well-respected women
They were all enslaved people
They were all women who had been mean to the girls
Question 7
7.
Which of the following
did NOT occur
to Sarah Good in prison?
She met a young Puritan and married him
Her husband turned against her
Her daughter testified against her
She had a baby
Question 8
8.
What were some things that could cause you to be imprisoned as a witch in Salem?
Another "witch" said you were a witch too in her or his confession, in order to go free.
Question 9
9.
What did it take for the hysteria to end?
The girls realized they were doing something wrong and apologize
An exorcism was performed in Salem and the evil stopped
Everyone who was accused of being a witch was executed and the accusations stopped.
Someone powerful was accused of witchcraft.
Question 10
10.
People being accused of witchcraft
started in Salem
had been around for a milenia
NOTE: In Salem, over 100 people were imprisoned and 20 people were executed. For the executions, 19 were hanged and 1 was pressed to death.
Question 11
11.
What is your opinion as to WHY the Salem witch trials occured?
What problems were people in Salem facing? Choose all that apply.
Fear of aliens
Extreme bad weather
Fear of starvation and disease
Conflicts with other groups of people in the area
Disagreements with each other
Distruction of property
You spoke up against the witch trials.
You tried to bribe the court.
"Spectral evidence" - a child claimed you were sending your spirit or ghost servant to torture her.
Family evidence - your family members said you were a witch or "would be one very easily."