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-Salem -1692 - The author foucuses on the witch trials that were going on during that time. -he inhabitants of Salem lived in a restrictive society. - the Puritans left England to avoid religious persecution they based their newly established society upon religious intolerance. - - The Puritans demonstrated their faithfulness, honesty, and integrity through physical labor and strict adherence to religious doctrine. - Numerous people were prosecuted and even hung in Salem during the witch trials just like in the Crucible. - __19 accused:__ -The Red Scare refers to two distinct periods of strong anti-communism. **__//There was a vast fear that communism//__** would upset the capitalist social order in the US. The first Scare was about a worker revolution and radicalism. The second Scare was focused on communists penetrating the federal government. -The Red Scare was just like the witch trials because it instilled fear in all the people in the nation or everyone being affected by it.
 * ** ****:** Bridget Bishop
 *  **: ** Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe, and Sarah Wildes
 *  **:** George Burroughs, Martha Carrier, John Willard, George Jacobs, Sr., and John Proctor
 * **Failed to plead guilty and sentenced to death on September 19:** Giles Corey
 * **:** Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Ann Pudeator, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Wilmott Redd, Margaret Scott, and Samuel Wardwell
 * **Died in prison:** Sarah Osborn, Roger Toothaker, Lyndia Dustin, and Ann Foster (As many as thirteen others may have died in prison.)