What Were The Consequences Of The Salem Witch Trials In 1692

The well known Salem witch trials had taken place during 1692. This period many people went through a great deal of hardship, trying to mind their own business or those who were already involved knew they were doomed. The people who were convicted of the crimes of being a witch had to face the consequences of what might be determined at their trial. The Salem witch trials had started with a group of girls who broke out into seizures and became oddly ill. The young girls were “ claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft”, (Salem Witch Trials) the locals of the town conjured up this belief and this started the witch trials. The people of the town assumed witchcraft and pressured the young girls to name

(Salem Witch Trials) Woman who grew jealous or angry would accuse another woman of being a witch and form many lies just so that woman would either be killed or sent to prison. It was mostly done to get the opponent out of the way. During the 1940-1950 many people were very worried about communism. Joseph McCarthy had taken the people's concerns to his advantage and formed accusation that “ more than two hundred card carrying communists had infiltrated the United States government”,( McCarrthyism) he used this accusation to fuel a fire. McCarthy used communism as his advantage, so that others would believe it then whoever was accused of communism would be taken out of the way, there would no longer be competition or arguments in any situation. People who were put on trial went to jail, most of them weren't guilty. Even if the person wasn’t guilty and was released, “the trials were publicized, and would often destroy careers”. (McCarthyism) No one wanted to hire or work with someone who was accused of being a communist. Being known as a communist was bad for