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OpenStudy (anonymous):

please please please help! Write a summary of your connections between the historical time periods and mass hysteria of both the War of the Worlds and the Salem Witch Trials. medals rewarded!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think you posted this in the wrong subject room.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

But..They both show a fear of the "otherworldly others"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

They both affected people living in small communities.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The panic in both cases was mostly transmitted by word of mouth from one individual to another. This personally shared fear caused much of the hysteria in both cases.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks so much!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No problem :)

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