The Salem Witch Trials of 1692

question 40

Multiple Choice

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692

• A) mostly prosecuted men.
• B) only executed people who admitted they were guilty.
• C) enhanced colonists' confidence in the Massachusetts justice system.
• D) spurred prominent colonists to seek scientific explanations for natural events.
• E) led to a decades-long tradition of prosecuting women for witchcraft.

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