How is Witchcraft in 1692 similar to terrorism today, according to Baker's argument?​

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Emerson W. Baker’s book begins on a surprising note, with a discussion of an artifact in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. It is a small wooden chest, probably made in the 1670s for two Salem Quakers, Joseph and Bathsheba Pope. The Popes would play a role in the “storm of witchcraft” that broke out in Salem and neighboring towns in 1692. But most contemporary Friends probably will find their role surprising—Joseph and Bathsheba were not innocent victims of hysterical accusations of being witches. Instead they were accusers, adding their testimony to that which hanged, among others, the saintly Rebecca Nurse and John Procter, the central character of Arthur Miller’s drama The Crucible.

The events in and around Salem in 1692 are among the most studied in U.S. history. Baker, an historian at Salem State University, is concerned both with explaining what happened and why. At the center were girls and young women who lived not in the town of Salem proper, but the adjacent community of Salem Farms or Salem Village. The village was convulsed by conflicts between families over land, inheritance, and leadership—the village church had gone through four ministers in 20 years. The accusers claimed that witches and wizards not only tormented them, but also had been responsible for murders and other crimes over the decades. Their targets ranged from those who fit the classic stereotypes of witches—unpopular, marginalized women—to ministers, military leaders, and politicians and their wives. By the fall of 1692, 19 women and men had been convicted and hanged, and several others had died in prison or in the throes of the legal process.

Baker’s greatest contribution to the ongoing discussion of the events of 1692 is his analysis of the judges who presided over the trials and who were responsible for the sentences. They represented the colony’s elite. In 1692, Baker argues, they had something to prove. Most were men who had been educated for the Puritan ministry, but had instead taken up secular careers. Most had held office under the unpopular government of King James II that was overthrown in 1688–1689. Several faced suspicions about the depth of their religious experiences. They had also suffered significant losses from Indian raids on lands they held in Maine. Before 1692, witchcraft trials in Massachusetts were as likely to result in acquittals as convictions. But in 1692, Baker concludes, the judges were “looking for someone to blame.” They found targets in the men and women who came before them.

Quakers are not central to Baker’s account, but they do appear from time to time. No Friends were accused of witchcraft, although a number of the accused had ties to Quaker families. One of Baker’s heroes is Thomas Maule, a Salem Friend who in 1695 published a ferocious denunciation of the trials. Maule, fittingly, would be the ancestor of a long line of Friends who would continue to be argumentative until the twentieth century.

Baker concludes with what he sees as a moral. In 1692, Puritans in Massachusetts were convinced that Satan had “visited their colony and struck a severe blow.” But while at the beginning they saw him as acting through witches, by the end of the year “they came to understand that Satan’s great work had been to delude them into thinking that many devout Puritans and good people were witches.” He warns us today: “change the word witch to terrorist and we can perhaps better appreciate the complexity of the problem that the people of Salem . . . faced in 1692.”

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Which detail from the excerpt best characterizes Hussain as a cruel man?

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In his left hand he held a sack, and his right hand held the arm of a boy in an iron grip.

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C

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1) Which person would MOST likely be able to make a personal connection to the story of John Devine? A) An American who prefers the sound of English accents above any other accent. B) A traveler who, while in Japan, has trouble understanding others' broken English. C) An American who moved to Canada and realized that while the language is the same, people use phrases and words very differently. A bus driver who cannot understand the people D) talking in the back of the bus because they are too quiet to hear from the driver's seat.​

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Answer: C *sorry if english sucks, third language

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What are the "hidden ruląs” for each social or economic class? Do you agree that these
rules are hidden? Why or why not?

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Answer:

Explanation:

Why and why not

write a short letter to brother asking him not to eat junk food because it is harmful to health​

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Dear brother, please do not eat junk food because it is harmful to your body. All though junk food may taste good it is very unhealthy for you for many reasons, here are a few. To begin with, it contains a lot of unhealthy oils. Second off, it can also be processed food which isn't good for you. Last but not least, it can give you heart burn, and that is why you do not head junk food.

Sincerely your loving sibling.

Rose Lane,

Washington

United States of America

30 December, 2020

Dear Sam,

Hey Sam! How are you? Are you enjoying your campus? I hope that you will enjoy there. But ensure that you are eating healthy. Junk food are tasty and attractive, but you should always keep in mind that what it can end up to. They can harm the growth of your body, can reduce the immune system, can make you fall sick or can make you weak. So please avoid eating such food so as to lead a healthy life. Do some physical exercises too. Ok? So that's all. I'm ending this letter now. Lots of love from Mom and Dad.

Yours loving sister,

Sarah

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A counter-curse was a type of Counter-spell designed to remove the effects of a curse or other dark charm. Similar to casting dark charms, those who cast counter-curses must maintain eye contact with the target.

Summarize The Book Lilly & Dunkin By Donna

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Answer:

Author Donna Gephart crafts a dual narrative about two remarkable young people: Lily, a transgender girl, and Dunkin, a boy dealing with bipolar disorder.

Explanation:

Many students graduate from college with
a mountain of student loan debt that must be
paid back. Student loans can range from small
amounts to thousands upon thousands of
dollars. A large amount of debt can be a huge
burden for a young person especially when she
is early in her career and likely not earning too
much money. Our organization is proposing
that a college education should be free for all
young people so that their lives are not
negatively impacted by student loan debt. A free
education is already provided for so many years
(K-12), and we believe that the last 4 years also
be provided
3. Which detall does not make sense to add to the
possage to support the claim?
a. Students are delaying the purchase of their first
home due to student loan debt.
b. 86% of students report that they have made
career sacrifices due to student loan debt.
c. In a study, 1 in 4 adults say they may wait to get
married because they are not financially ready.
d. There are some loan forgiveness programs that
wil reduce student loan debt amounts.

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D, it takes away from the claim

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Onomatopoeia is the repetition of consonant sounds in words.

Question 2 options:
True
False

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False

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it is stating a word that means the same thing as the other word.

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That is False ma'am

Onomatopoeia is like action words such as BOOM POW BANG that sound like what they are

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Complete the sentences about American life many years ago. Use the positive or negative form of used to and the words given.

People got their mail at the town store. They _________ (get) their mail at home.

People ________ (have) washing machines.

Women _______ (make) clothes for their children. They _____ (buy) them in the stores.

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They didn't use to get their mail at home.

People didn't use to have washing machines.

Women used to make clothes for their children. They didn't use to buy them in the stores.

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We use the phrase used to + infinitive to talk about past situations that are no longer true. The negative form of used to is didn't use to. People often add -d to use (didn't used to), but many consider this incorrect, which is why you should avoid doing this.

The lives of people who lived a long time ago and our lives are completely different. In the given sentences, we should use the forms that express this.

Now, we get our mail at home. This was different in the past. This is why we should say that people didn't use to get their mail at home.We have washing machines now, but people didn't use to have them. They used to wash clothes by hand. This is why negation should be used in the second sentence as well.Now, we buy clothes at stores. However, in the past, women used to make them and didn't use to buy them. This is the positive-negative combination you should use.

Read the following lines from the poem. The poet includes these lines most likely to suggest that the speaker —

A does not wish to be pushed on a swing
B wants to deal with the situation alone
C does not often receive help from others
D is not physically strong

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It think b but I’m not sure so I’d wait for someone else to answer

What is the best definition for a paragraph's topic sentence? a sentence that begins the paragraph a sentence that helps the reader to organize her thoughts a sentence that tells the reader what will be discussed a sentence that is the first sentence of the paragraph​

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Answer: A topic sentence is a thesis if you didn't know, It mostly summarizes what the following article or paragraph you are writing.

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What is the best definition for a paragraph's topic sentence? a sentence that begins the paragraph a sentence that helps the reader to organize her thoughts a sentence that tells the reader what will be discussed a sentence that is the first sentence of the paragraph

Directioners what is something a fake stan had told you or has said i’ll start
Harry only has 3 nipples and
Louis is the one scared of spoons

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i thought it was liam scared of spoons

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why do we treat strangers differently than our family or loved ones​

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becuase we dont know them

we feel comfortable with family

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Identify the P.A.G.A. used to start the sentence. "Twenty-one years of it." Group of answer choices
Adjective
Gerund
Prepositional Phrase
Adverb

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Answer:

Prepositional phrase

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What does the term crowd sourcing mean? 1:canvassing a crowd at an event to find an appropriate source.
2: interviewing several sources simultaneously to discourage a source from trying to lead a reporter astray through a misinformation campaign
analyzing data to come up with the best information in keeping with the "wisdom of crowds" theory of sociology
3:gathering information from many people who have experienced or witnessed something via a social media application or Web site​

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Answer: The answer is 3.

Explanation: Crowdsourcing is the collection of information, opinions, or work from a group of people, usually sourced via the Internet. Crowdsourcing work allows companies to save time and money while tapping into people with different skills or thoughts from all over the world.

Instruction: In a group, read the paragraph about birth order. Complete each sentence with who,
whom, that, or whose. The first one is done for you as an example.
Birth order researchers have discovered some interesting information (1. that 1) can help us
understand our colleagues better. Do you have a difficult boss (2.
----) authoritarian
personality makes your life difficult? If so, your boss might be a firstborn child. Children (3. -----
--- ) are born first are often more authoritarian than their younger siblings. Do you have a
coworker (4.
--) is passive, but particularly creative and insightful? This person may be
a middle child. People (5. ----------) have both older and younger siblings are often passive
because their older siblings were responsible for their well-being when they were young. The
creativity (6.---------------) they exhibit might be the effect of their having spent a lot of time on
their own due to having to share parental attention with their older and younger siblings. People
(7.-------- ------) you work with (8. --- ------) are controlling may be youngest children.
These people are also likely to be more social than co-workers (9.
) are middle​

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i will tell u tomorrow inshallah the answers

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Which detail best supports Cameron's opinion that he was hooked on making things out of metal

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Answer:B

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It explains that he bought all his tools and called them treasures

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The person above is not a edge user

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Which two character types best fit this description of the stepsisters in the fairy tale "Cinderella"? Cinderella’s stepsisters are always mean and cruel toward her. They make her do all of the chores in the house. They also make her help them get ready for the ball, and then they don’t take her along. The stepsisters even try to fool the prince into thinking that the glass slipper, which is Cinderella’s, belongs to them. However, they fail to convince him in the end. protagonist antagonist dynamic static foil

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Answer:

Antagonist and Static.

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They are the antagonists because they are the ones that are against Cinderella. They are static because the stepsisters do not change the story in the end.

PART A: Based on the dialogue in paragraphs 4-6, which
inference can the reader make about Fleming's character?

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Answer:

where is the paragraph and the answer choices

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In the island of the blue dolphins book chapter 7 why did Karana believe Ramo was on the ship?

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Answer:
Nanko tells her the he was on the first canoe to the ship.

Read the following passage from "Every Man a King":
"Why, ladies and gentleman, let us say that all of these labor-saving devices reduce hours down to where you do not have to work but four hours a day; that is enough for these people, and then praise be the name of the Lord, if it gets that good. Let it be good and not a curse, and then we will have five hours a day and five days a week, or even less than that, and we might give a man a whole month off during a year, or give him two months; and we might do what other countries have seen fit to do, and what I did in Louisiana, by having schools by which adults could go back and learn the things that have been discovered since they went to school."

Which of these best describes the diction used in this passage?

A. Passionate and dry
B. Unreasonable and frustrated
C. Angry and imprecise
D. Practical and hopeful

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I think A but could be D I’m not sure.
Whoever is speaking in the passage, is letting people know to not let it be a curse. They want to inform someone to doing what they should do. They speaker is speaking with passion. If it’s D then the speaker could be hoping for this and that.

Answer:

D. Practical and Hopeful

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A P E X

Which answer best explains how the participle shrieking is used in this sentence?

Shrieking from the tenth row, the girls were no doubt his biggest fans.


It is used as a noun and serves as the subject of the sentence.


It is used as an adverb to describe the verb were.


It is used as an adjective to describe the noun girls.


It is used as a verb to describe the main action of the sentence.

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D.) It is used as a verb to describe the main action of the sentence.

Explanation:

Shrieking is a verb because it is an action, it wouldn't be a verb if it was shrieked but in this case it is ending with -ing, therefore the action is taking place at the moment.

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Answer:

D!

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Select the correct answer.
Which of the following is most likely to be useful during a business presentation?

A. A fully written-out speech

B. Images

C. A PowerPoint presentation

D. A sense of humor

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C: A power point presentation

Explanation:

While a sense of humor is helpful in certain situations, in serious presentations, this is not you need. Images are helpful, but not as important as other factors. It is better to have specific points and ideas memorized rather then reading off a script. A powerpoint presentation makes it better to cover all topics and include important ideas in a useful way.

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Explain the history of the holiday (hanukkah). How did
it get started? (2-3 sentences)

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anukkah means “dedication” in Hebrew. The eight-day holiday celebrates the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem after it was retaken by the Maccabees, a group of Jewish warriors, from the Greeks in the 2nd century BCE, as explained by Tablet magazine

Explanation:

By 164 BCE, the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid monarchy was successful. The Temple was liberated and rededicated. The festival of Hanukkah was instituted to celebrate this event. Judah ordered the Temple to be cleansed, a new altar to be built in place of the polluted one and new holy vessels to be made.

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“Life is a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.” Support the given comment with logical arguments.

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The answer can be as simple as this: life is similar to a book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense. If you apply the same reasoning to life in general, you will see that as you grow up, complex ideas and concepts make more sense as you yourself grow, experience, and comprehend the world around you :) hope that makes sense

Read the passage about the Titanic.

Time and Place of Events during the Sinking of the Titanic
4) 12:45 a.m. – The first rocket is fired.
5) 12:55 a.m. – Fifth Officer Lowe bawls out the head of the steamship line.
6) 12:55 a.m. – Major Peuchen proves a yachtsman can be a seaman.
7) 1:10 a.m. – Mrs. Isidor Straus refuses to leave her husband.
8) 1:20 a.m. – Ben Guggenheim appears in evening clothes to go down like a gentleman.
9) 1:25 a.m. – Steward Ray remembers he persuaded a family to sail on the Titanic.

–A Night to Remember,
Walter Lord

What organizational pattern does the passage follow?

description
chronological
cause and effect
comparison and contrast

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It’s Chronological order

Answer:chronological order, because the dates are in order.

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Write a thesis statement for your argument for why kids should do vollunteer work

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Answer:

to help the people around them

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Answer: I believe children should volunteer work because it sets a good example for everyone and helps the people around them

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My thesis statement clarifies the topic.

My thesis statement states my viewpoint; it explains which side of the argument I support.

My thesis statement is focused and clearly makes a claim.

What is the tone of this sentence from “The Oldest and Youngest Places on Earth”?

It is unknown whether the earth's youngest island will last for long, but it has already exceeded expectations.


skeptical

optimistic

puzzled

neutral

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Answer:

neutral

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The correct answer is B) Optimistic

What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence.
Daisy enjoys working in the kitchen.

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working

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because its an action. all others are feelings

Answer:

enjoys working

Explanation:

because it is saying what she is enjoying

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