The Crucible by Erika Schweppe https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y Erika Schweppe, Alyssa Ketron, Morgan Armstrong, Noah Freeman, Charley Catt en-us 2018-02-27 17:41:43 UTC 2018-02-28 03:10:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Puritans nicholeschweppe https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236031576  
  • Left England in the years after 1630
  • Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony 
  • Large scale immigration ceased by 1641
  • Created because they believed the Anglican church created by Henry VIII held to many remnants to the Catholic Church
]]> 2018-02-27 17:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236031576 McCarthyism nicholeschweppe https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236031687 2018-02-27 17:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236031687 Salem Witch Trials nicholeschweppe https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236031946 2018-02-27 17:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236031946 Arthur Miller nicholeschweppe https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236032117 ~Graduated from MIchigan University with a major in Journalism
~Had 3 wives including famous actress Marilyn Monroe
~ Best known for his play "Death of a Salesmen
~Wrote the Crucible in response to the McCarthyism of the time
~He wanted to alert the American people about the propoganda and misinformation
~The Crucible focuses on the inconsistencies of the Salem witch trials and the extreme behavior that can result from dark desires and hidden agendas.

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  • Started in February 1692
  • Occurred in colonial Massachusetts 
  • Witchcraft was believed to be a sin and a crime
  • More than 200 people were accused of using  witchcraft
  • There was hearings and prosecutions held
  • Around 20 people were executed
  • Ended in May 1693
    • ]]>     2018-02-27 17:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236033575     Puritan Core Beliefs mydigitalescape930 https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236036670  
    • Puritans believed that God had formed a unique agreement with them
    • They believed that God wanted them to live according to the scriptures
    • To set a good example to those who were sinful back in England
    • Believed in predestination- that God chose where someone went before they were born
    • “Humans were depraved sinners incapable of earning merit in God's eyes” 
    • Everything is kept in moderation
    • Stayed home during Sabbath 
    • Believed witches signed contracts with the Devil

     
    ]]>     2018-02-27 17:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236036670     nicholeschweppe https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236193438 ~an effort to expose supposed communist infiltration of various areas of the U.S. government.
    ~rose to prominence in 1950 when he claimed in a speech that 205 communists had infiltrated the State Department
    ~Failed to make any plausible cases
    ~ McCarthy Hearings: 36 days of televised investigative hearings led by McCarthy in 1954
    ~ Undermined by the  incisive and skillful criticism of a journalist, Edward R. Murrow
    ~ "Second Red Scare"]]>     2018-02-27 22:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholeschweppe/ed8hjq0scv0y/wish/236193438