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Recent Events Similar to the Salem Witch Trials

The Salem Witch Trials were definitely a brief, but dark, period in early American history. The mass hysteria that was created during this period could occur today; many people will say that there have been some events that have caused a form of hysteria much like the Salem Witch Trials in recent years. Two of those events include the Red Scare in the early 1950s and the terrorist attacks on American in 2001. Both of those events caused mass paranoia that was much like the Witch Trials. The Witch Trials definitely caused a panic throughout the nation. People were worried about their children and their neighbor’s children. With the power that the courts had, nobody had the courage to stand
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