Question

detail text 1 text 2 over two hundred individuals were falsely accused of practicing witchcraft in the salem area. ✔️ to entertain halloween visitors, actors in salem pretend to arrest people for practicing witchcraft. ✔️ several girls in colonial salem fell into uncontrollable and unexplained fits. ✔️ ✔️ the people of salem decided that witchcraft was the cause of some villagers strange behavior. ✔️ ✔️ who would likely agree that salem’s tourism industry has benefitted from the village’s dark history? the author of text 1 the author of text 2 both authors

Explanation:

To determine who agrees Salem’s tourism benefits from its dark history, we analyze the texts:

• Text 1 focuses on the historical witchcraft accusations (no direct tourism mention).
• Text 2 includes a detail about actors pretending to arrest people for witchcraft to entertain Halloween visitors, showing an emphasis on tourism leveraging Salem’s dark history. Thus, the author of Text 2 is more likely to agree.

Answer:

the author of Text 2