How did Intolerance lead to mass hysteria

This case was known as the Salem Witch Trials in which 20 people were executed. Out of the twenty, fourteen are women who were hung, the other was executed by different means, and the other five were children who die in prisons (two of which are infants).

During this time people were so immune and tolerated much of the teachings of religious extremism. This was also an example of people falling into false accusations and lapses in due process that have changed the way on how America viewed such event in the next years of history.