...During World War ll, many horrific events occurred. The people that caused the events were put to trial and charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace. Their trials that brought justice were called the Nuremberg trials. The Nuremberg trials were a series of thirteen trials made by the allies held between 1945-1949 (Holocaust Timeline: Aftermath). In these trials, twenty-two criminals were received their punishment for their abominable crimes (Holocaust Timeline: Aftermath). The trials had taken place in Nuremberg, Germany at the Palace of Justice because Berlin had been to war-damaged (Angela Wood, 168, Jason Skog, 28). The trials were also held in Nuremberg because it is where racial laws were passed (Angela...
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...The Scopes Monkey Trial The Trial of the Century, Scopes Monkey Trial, The Monkey Trial these are a few names the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas legal case could be called. This court case was an unusual one because the State of Tennessee had passed an antievolutionary law named the Butler Act that outlawed the teaching of evolution in the classroom (New World Encyclopedia). While the scopes trial looked like ballyhoo, because of its substance it was actually important to America because of its substance and final showdown. The Scopes Trial had almost a circus or carnival like element to it. Especially in the town of Dayton Tennessee where the trial was being held because of a multitude of revival tents and other various things (Pierce)....
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...The Scopes Monkey Trial’s outcome determined the beliefs and morality of generations of Americans to come. As a result, Americans would give legitimacy to Darwin’s theory, and the decision would spark a widespread acceptance of evolution. Because Christianity did not have a legitimate Bible expert to aid in the defense of the law, the successive generations have been indoctrinated with a lie, and the future has suffered. Creationist were ill prepared for the storm that the Evolutionist had cleverly planned and painstakingly created. Bryan had been traveling the country speaking about the evil results of teaching evolution and had sparked the state of Tennessee to pass a law stating it was illegal to teach evolution in it’s schools.(Menton)....
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...Salem Witch Trials Paper In January of 1692, a group of young girls in Salem Massachusetts started having strange fits. Unable to find anything physically wrong with them, it was suggested that they might have been bewitched. Soon afterward, two of the girls named 3 women who they claimed had bewitched them. It all went downhill from there, with the entire region descending into finger pointing and mass arrests. What could cause a whole town to accuse one of the most respected women, two dogs, and even a four year old girl of witchcraft? (for which the punishment was death?) What caused the Salem Witch Trials? One theory suggests that Ergotism may have played a part. Ergotism is long term poisoning from ergot, a parasitic fungus that grows on certain grains – especially rye. A once common condition, symptoms of ergotism include crawling sensations in the skin, tingling of the fingers, vertigo, hallucinations, mania, depression, psychosis, and delirium – all of which were displayed by the girls in Salem. Children and pregnant women are the most susceptible to the condition, and females in general are more likely to come down with it than men according to some reports. Warm, damp, rainy springs and summers promote ergot infestation, and records indicate that Salem had this kind of weather the year before the trials. At least initially, this can (partially) explain how the witch craze started. Other reasons can be seen simply by looking at who was accusing whom. A great deal...
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...The year of 1962 was a major turning point in history in Salem Village, Massachusetts. The trials lasted for about one year. Nineteen people died as a result of the trials and more than a hundred people were found at fault by performing the Prince of Darkness’ sorcery. This paper will debate the events leading up, the events that took place throughout the trials, and the people who suffered because of this. The Salem witch trials began in the spring of 1692. A group of youthful girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts claimed that the demon possessed them and “accused local women of the Devil’s magic” (Salem Witch Trials - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com, 2011). The court announced Bridget Bishop of being a sorceress and sent her to the gallows on June tenth....
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...Salem witch trials were once known as “the devil’s magic” because of the witchcraft being used. Mary easty a victim of prosecution during the witch trials said “I never complied, but prayed against [Satan] all my days… I will say it, if it was my last time, I’m clear of all this sin”. These accusations led to consequences therefore, result as vicious prosecutions. During that time, the Salem witch trials were very prejudiced toward anyone. The circumstances that induced to the Salem witch trials were irrational. It all started “during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft.”...
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...Ben Arsenault October 29, 2015 In colonial Massachusetts in 1692, a series of witch trials took place in a town called Salem. Many theories point out the reasoning for this witch hunt, some say it was due to the belief in evil. Others say, the people in Salem were just acting, or maybe, it was a lack of knowledge. In events like the holocaust, post 9/11, and McCarthyism & the red scare, similar theories can explain the causes.This presents, that the reasons for the Salem witch trials are those same reasons for “witch hunts” throughout history. The belief in evil had a major role in the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials. After just one person in the village became ill and the doctor who evaluated that person said that it was not a sickness,...
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...Salem, Massachusetts known as Danvers, Massachusetts today was founded in 1626 by Roger Conant and a group of immigrants from Cape Ann (United States History). Naumkeag was Salem’s name before it was renamed by the settlers. The settlers found it better to rename the village Salem because it is derived from the Hebrew word for peace (United States History). Well known for the witch craft hysteria that has taken place in the town of Salem. The community went through what we have been taught is The Salem Witch Trials, what were these trials about and how were they solved? The Salem Witch Trials took place in the spring of 1692. However, the 1692 trials were not the start, witch hunts started around the 1300 and 1330s and ended in the late 18th century in Europe (The Salem Witch Trials). Three-fourths of the European witch hunts took place in western Germany, France, northern Italy, and Switzerland. A witch hunt is the process of trying to identify witches rather than the ones that were already thought out to be witches. During these witch hunts 110,000 people were tried for witchcraft and between 40,000 to 60,00 were...
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...Ryan Hasenbeck American Experience Family Feud in Salem In 1692, nineteen people were tried and executed as witches and hundreds more spent months in jail as accused witches. No one knows what exactly caused these Salem Witch Trials, but there are many theories ranging from the most ignored girls of Salem wanting power to actual witchcraft. The most likely theory about these trials however, is that there was a rivalry in Salem politics. Two families, the Putnams and the Porters dominated Salem politics, and there is evidence that the Witch Trials were a method used by one family to attack the other. A power struggle between the two most powerful families in Salem evidently caused the hysteria of the witch trials because the Putnams felt overshadowed by the Porters, the Minister supported by the Putnams was losing power, and there is a relationship in the location of the accusers of witchcraft verses the accused and defenders of the accused. Salem was a very split colony, dominated by two powerful families, the Porters, and the Putnams who lived in their shadow. There is evidence that proves...
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...The salem witch trials occurred between 1692 and 1693. They took place in the colonial Salem in Massachusetts. In total there was one hundred and forty-one people put in prison, nineteen were hanged and one person was even crushed to death. These trials were performed to find out what individuals in the colony were practicing witchcraft. Of the nineteen who were hanged fourteen were women and five were men. Some of the individuals that were in jail died before serving their time. When the bewitchings initially started in Salem they were only targeting younger girls but as they expanded, older women were included to the group. Hearings of the salem witch trials were initially passed on to different towns but the main trial was organized and...
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...The Salem witch trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts from June through September of 1692. During the Salem witch trials nineteen women and men were convicted of witchcraft, hundreds of others were accused, and dozens spent months in jail without a trial. The witch trials were first brought about when a young girl named Betty Parris became ill and showing a lot of strange symptoms. William Griggs, a doctor who came to examine her came up with a diagnosis but could not find anything wrong so he then suggested that it may be a supernatural cause for her illness. There was also an Indian war going on less than 70 miles away and people thought that the devil had been there and was now headed to Salem. Shortly after Tituba, a slave from Barbados, was accused of witchcraft and later confessed, making the witch theories to be more believable. More and more girls were being affected by the witches in Salem. A lot of the evidence pointed towards Tituba because she had been known to tell the girls in Salem about...
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...Beginning in February of 1692, over 200 townsfolk were accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Of the over 200 accused witches, nineteen were hanged, one was crushed to death under the weight of stones whilst many more died in jail. The trials while terrifying helped todays judicial system by banning the use of spectral evidence against people. Spectral evidence is defined as the accused appearance in spirit or spectral shape to the witness in a dream while the physical body of the accused was elsewhere (Craker). Relying on physical evidence, allows the accused a fair and just trial. The accused in Salem were subjected to horrific events powered by belief, and hysteria, with minimal evidence. The Puritan belief in witchcraft...
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...The type of society in New England during the Salem witchcraft trials was insanely strict and oppressive. The Puritan's lifestyle was unforgiving and dictated exactly how everyone should act , behave, and even dress. There was also fear of the devil beaten into the society and a belief that if they did a single thing wrong it was because of the devil and they would go to hell. This is the society that the group of girls who starting the accusations of people being witches found themselves. The majority of the girls did not mean anyone harm but instead this fear that the puritan lifestyle had instilled in them led to the deaths of so many. Along with almost everything, dancing was strictly forbidden according to Puritan law. One could...
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...Through the respect of minister Cotton Mather had warned of the dubious value of speculations, “It would be better than ten suspected witches mayescape that one innocent person be condemned.”The Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, when a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil. It was found that there was fungus ergot (found in rye, wheat and other cereals) which toxicologist say can cause symptoms such as delusions, vomiting and muscle spasms. This may have been the cause of why in January 1692, 9 year old Elizabeth Parris and 11 year old Abigail Williams began having fits and violent uncontrollable screaming. Dr. William Griggs, diagnosed bewitchment. In late February, arrest...
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...Around February 1692 in colonial Massachusetts the Salem witch trials took place. There was a large number of trials held by religious extremists that believed there were witches around their town. Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams were the first to start showing signs of bewitchment they would throw random fits and start screaming uncontrollably. Samuel Parris started to worry and took his daughter and niece to the local doctor and there William Griggs diagnosed them to be bewitchment. The two girls started accusing innocent people of bewitching them. The people of Salem were really religious and that is what scared them because they thought the devil could cause harm to anyone if wanted to. At the time the people of Salem were extremely...
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