The Salem Witch Hysteria Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the Salem witch trials Thesis Statement: The Salem witch trials were a series of events that lead up to the hanging of 19 man and women in Salem Mass. I. Introduction- A. - The year, 1692. The place, Salem Mass. Imagine yourself a woman at home cooking dinner for your family. You peer out the window and find your husband finishing up his days work in …showed first 75 words of 1216 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1216 total…witch hysteria was a tragedy that caused families to break up, and innocent people there lives. D- Was there really a " Witch Hysteria" ? Or was it just playful girls who got in over there head? Did the accusers really believe the people they were accusing were really witches? Or was it an easy way to rid the town of " Socially undesirable" and the conflict causers? The only 19 people who would ever really know, were hung.