Question

the salem episode was a historic landmark but by no means a rare example of behavior that can afflict frightened, angry, or frustrated people if theyre urged by demagogues 9 to confront an alleged \menace.\one hundred years after the salem trials, courts in france launched mass executions of suspected enemies of the revolution that deposed 10 the monarchy. the
eign of terror,\ conducted without trials and made more efficient by the use of a new labor - saving machine - the guillotine 11 - lasted from 6 september 1793 until 28 july 1794. it beheaded a total of 42,000 individuals.1151 humanitys most heinous crime, the holocaust, was carried out from 1933 till 1945 by 200,000 fanatics acting on orders of adolf hitlers nazi regime, but it was also abetted by crass bigotry and sense superiority then affecting many germans.the toll included an estimated six million jews - one - fourth of them children - and five million other people the nazis regarded as \minderwertig\ (\inferior\).they were primarily ethnic poles, captured soviet civilians and prisoners of war, other slavs, romanis, communists, homosexuals, jehovahs witnesses, and the mentally and physically disabled. the mass murder was carried out by gas or shooting in extermination facilities located in germany and german - occupied territories.question 4 of 9how were people controlled by witch hunts?a with promises of powerb with strong leadershipc with reasond with fear

Explanation:

The text describes events like the Holocaust and the Reign of Terror, which involve people being controlled through fear - such as the mass murders in the Holocaust and the mass executions in the Reign of Terror. The Salem episode also shows people being affected by behavior (fear - inducing) that controls them. Witch hunts, in general, often operate on a climate of fear where accusations lead to persecution.

Answer:

D. with fear