A legal process to determine if someone is guilty or innocent.

True or False? Witchcraft was considered a harmless activity in Salem.

A belief based on fear or the supernatural, not logic.

What stopped the Salem Witch Trials? a) The accused witches escaped. b) People realized there was no real evidence. c) The Puritans decided witches were not real.

True or False? Evidence used in the trials was often unreliable.

The _______ believed in living very simple and religious lives.

______ spread quickly as people began to fear magic and evil.

The punishment for witchcraft was often _______.

The act of putting someone to death as punishment.

Many people were scared because of their _______ about witches.

True or False? Hysteria during the trials caused many people to accuse their neighbors of witchcraft.

Claiming someone did something wrong or illegal.