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The Dark Shadows of History: McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials

Explore the parallels between the Salem Witch Trials and the Red Scare of the 1950s with a focus on hysteria, accusation, and injustice. Uncover the similarities in these dark chapters of American history.

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The Dark Shadows of History: McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials

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  1. In February of 1950, Senator Joe McCarthy claimed to have a list of 205 ___________ in the ____________ ___________________. • What war was the U.S. involved in during the 1950s? • What do the letters H.U.A.C. stand for? • Explain the term Hollywood Blacklisting • Why did the Puritans come to America? • If a person accused of witchcraft would do what, they could be saved? • Why was Arthur Miller investigated two years after writing The Crucible? • a form of government where the church and state are not separated: • the two most prominent households in Salem: • the economic theory based on the ownership of all property by the community: • What is an allegory? • What similarities do the Salem Witch Trials, Hollywood Blacklisting and West Memphis Three have in common? List five.

  2. Character Review • person who was crushed by stones • the slave from Barbados: • two women who survived the hangings because they were pregnant: • signed a confession and tore it in half: • was fired from being the Proctors’ servant: • girl who admitted to lying and then changed her mind: • girl who led the mass hysteria: • man who came to Salem to examine the rumored witch problem: • accused of witchcraft for having a poppet: • the daughter of the minister: • wise and respected woman who died because of her beliefs: • stole her uncle’s money and fled Salem: • minister of Salem: • lost seven children in infancy: • lies for the first time which causes her husband to be condemned: • quit the court at the end of Act II: • was named as a witch for cursing pigs: • What year did the witch trials take place? • the first three women to be accused:

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