What caused the men of the Salem Witch Trials to be executed? What did the men and women victims have in common?

The cause was a group of young girls claiming they were "Possessed by the devil" and accused other women in the town for witchcraft.

The only thing that comes to mind about things they have in common was that they were all executed, there was no jail time for those accused of witchcraft.

a.   it resulted in widespread unemployment.

the emancipation proclamation was the aim of the war change to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the union. the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the u.s. was passed on december 6th 1865.

as promised, lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so with success from the union military advance. on september 22nd 1862, after a victory at antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of january 1st 1863.