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Check these three websites for the answers to the following questions, or search the web for other websites that cover The Salem Witch Trials.

http://www.salemweb.com (go to "witches")

http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm

1. In what year did the Salem Witch Trials take place?

2. Who were the two girls who "supposedly" started the hysteria?

3. Who was Giles Corey? How did he die?

4. Who is the most famous descendant of Magistrate John Hathorne? What was his profession?

5. How many people were actually convicted of witchcraft and hanged?

6. Who was the first woman to be tried as a witch?

7. How long did the witch trials era last?

8. What was the aftermath of the trials?

9. Magistrate Jonathan Corwin's home is known as the __________________.

10. Who was Tituba?

11. Who is Arthur Miller?

12. When did The Crucible run on Broadway?

13. List 5 facts about either Arthur Miller or his work.

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14. List the names of those who died (hanged or otherwise) during the Salem Witch Trials.

15. Name three other websites that discuss either The Salem Witch Trials or The Crucible.

Now, search the web for internet sites about communism and "The Red Scare" of the 1950's. You can check out these sites first to answer the questions.

http://www.dimensional.com/~randl/mccart.htm

http://www7.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/mccarthy/

http://www7.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/experience/culture/film.essay/index.html

16. What was "The Red Scare?"

17. Who was Joseph McCarthy and what was his role in "The Red Scare?"

18. What was the House UnAmerican Activities Committee? What did they do?

19. How was Hollywood affected by "The Red Scare?"

20. How was this whole ordeal resolved? What happened to Sen. McCarthy?

21. Who was Edward R. Murrow? What was his role in ending the terror of McCarthyism? http://www.evesmag.com/murrow.htm

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