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ghost! · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The Salem witch persecutions in 1693 were characterized by all of the following except

a. they followed larger-scale witchcraft persecutions that occurring in Europe.
b. they were a unique phenomenon, not repeated in any other locale in the colonies.
c. they were ultimately opposed by the more responsible members of the New England clergy.
d. they reflected the widening social stratification of New England.
e. they were unconnected to fears of many religious traditionalists that Puritan heritage was being eclipsed by Yankee commercialism.

Question 2

President John Tyler vetoed the Whig congress's proposal to

a. end the independent treasury system.
b. create a new national bank.
c. distribute public land sales revenue to the states.
d. annex Texas.
e. solve the Maine boundary dispute.