What do we know about the sources of the witchcraft hysteria in Salem?
A) They are known to have been primarily economic.
B) They reflected the community’s underlying resistance to the teachings of Calvinism.
C) They lay in the community’s dislike of English authority.
D) They are likely the result of preexisting conflict.
E) They may have been related to the presence of real witches.
Answer: D
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a. He attacked the sacramental system of the church. b. He outlined the doctrine of Luther in German. c. He explained the Lutheran liturgy. d. He attacked abuses of the Catholic clergy in north Africa. e. He justified transubstantiation.
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A) Germany, 1950s B) Switzerland, 1960s C) United States, 1970s D) France, 1960s E) Italy, 1970s