What was an underlying social cause of the salem witch trials?

Science made little real progress in europe in the middle ages because most scholars thought that all knowledge must fit with church teachings. science was considered to be related to magic and witchcraft. the study of science was banned from medieval universities. translations of greek science texts still had not reached medieval europe.

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Is this statement true or false? before 1850, workers in american mines, mills, and factories were poorly paid, but their safety on the job was always protected by strict laws.