The Crucible PowerPoint Notes

1. Where did ‘Puritans’ get their name?

2. What were the four tenants of Puritan beliefs and write a short description
of each:
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3. What is a theocracy?

4. What is the “City on a Hill” theory?

5. What would happen if you did not attend church in Puritan times?

6. Why were women, children, and the insane believed to be used for
Satan’s work?

7. What are TWO things we can learn from the Puritans?

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8. What were at least TWO of the causes of the witchcraft hysteria in Salem?
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9. What is ‘spectral evidence’?

10.How did the hysteria finally end?

11.Why was Communism considered such a threat to America?

12.What is ‘McCarthyism’?

13. Who is the author of The Crucible?

14. What was The Crucible a reaction to?