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QR Challenge: The Salem Witch Trials

Question	Answer
question1How was the practice of witchcraft viewed in 17th century New England?	answer Anyone who was considered to be consorting with the devil was considered a felon for having committed a crime against the government, and such a crime was punishable hanging to death.
question2 What was the difference between the afflicted and the accused?	asnwer2 The afflicted were supposedly possessed and the accused were the ones committing the torment on the afflicted.
question3 Were women the only ones accused of practicing witchcraft?	answer3 No men were also accused as well.
question4 How long did the witch trials last?	answer4 Less than a year.
question5 How many people lost their lives after being accused of witchcraft and were thus hanged?	answer5 19 people were hanged and one was pressed to death.
question6 What role did Tituba play in the Salem Witch Trials.	answer6 She was a slave who was said to have practiced witchcraft and was one of the first to be tried for being a witch. She confessed and survived the trials.
question7 What happened after the trials?	answer7 A day of fasting an remembrance was enacted for the ones lost and many people apologized.
question8 What famous book is about these trials, it is the one we are going to read.	answer8 The Crucible
question9 What is a witch’s familiar?	answer9 an evil spirit that appears in the form of an animal and is said to help witch’s. Two dogs died as a result of this belief during the trials.
question10 Was an official apology issued by Massachusetts immediately after the trials?	answer10 No, in fact an official apology was not issued until the year 1957, practically 300 years later.