Salem witch hunt summary and desciption. For social studies.

The Salem witch-hunt was a tragic event in our history. The people did not keep church and state separate. Instead they mixed them. They put religion in with government. People would blame other people about their own superstitions in life about witches, Satan, and anything abnormal. If anything went wrong in life, even if somebody had a sore throat they would point fingers at people and suspect superstitious things such as witchcraft. There is a link between the witch hysteria and how society tells people what is wrong, an example of that are people telling other people that being gay is…