History
The forced displacement of 60,000 Native Americans in the 1830s.
The Trail of Tears
Provide a synonym for the word "deferred":
(teacher decides)
Poetry paragraphs are called
Stanzas
How much was the check?
$10,000
Which Native American tribe comprises most of Oklahoma?
The Cherokee tribe
When a person gives up their own culture to blend into the dominant culture.
Assimilationism
______ means "before" and ______ means "after":
Preceding and Proceeding
"A psychiatrist at Princeton University wrote an article about how people with tattoos are happier" - Which rhetorical appeal is this?
Ethos
Where did this story take place? (setting)
Southside Chicago, late 1950s
Name the county and state that Taylor is from:
Pittman County, Kentucky
Discriminatory practice denying housing loans to minorities in poor neighborhoods.
Redlining
Define the word "redundant":
Redundant means being more than what is necessary, needlessly repetitive, or no longer needed.
The art of persuasive language is called
Rhetoric
What was special about the author of this play?
She was an African American woman.
What was Taylor's biggest fear and why?
Tires blowing up; saw Newt Hardbine's dad blown away by a tractor tire.
Abraham Lincoln signed this into effect in 1863, freeing the southern slaves.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Used to describe someone who is disagreeable, stubbornly argumentative, and difficult to deal with
Cantankerous
____ irony is when the audience/ reader knows something a character in the story does not know.
Dramatic
What was the problem with Clybourne Park?
It was a white neighborhood.
Estevan and Esperanza were part of the _______ _______, which is why their daughter was taken from them.
Guatemalan Resistance
Started in Tucson in the 1980s to help refugees fleeing violence in El Salvador and Guatemala.
The Sanctuary Movement
An informal English term for a fit of rage, panic, or hysterics.
Conniption
Explain the difference between "direct" and "indirect" characterization:
Direct tells you, indirect shows you.
What was Mama Younger's dream?
To have her own little garden.
Estevan said that Esperanza experienced a sort of ______ (healing) when she helped Taylor gain custody of Turtle.
catharsis