1. What Was the Specific Setting (Time and Place) of the Trials?

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Salem Witch Trials / NAME:
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How did the Salem Witch Trials impact our country’s judicial system? How did FEAR play a role in the trials?

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1.  What was the specific setting (time and place) of the trials?

2.  What is significant about the book of Exodus in the Bible?

3.  What is Predetermination?

4.  How did Puritans view women in their society?

5.  Who was Tituba?

6.  What did Sarah Goode and Sarah Ozborne have in common?

7.  What type of unusual evidence was allowed in the witch trials?

8.  Who was Dorcas Goode?

9.  How could a person accused of witchcraft avoid the trials and stay alive?

10.  Of the 200+ people accused of witchcraft, how many “confessed” to this crime?

11.  How many people died (total) as a result of the Salem Witch Trials?

12.  How was the death of Giles Corey unusual?

13.  Of all the girls involved in spreading false accusations of witchcraft, how many apologized for their role in the trials?