The Great Depression
The Great Depression took place primarily in this decade
1930s
The author was inspired by her family to write Roll of Thunder. Who is the author?
Mildred Taylor
This Civil Rights Leader lead a March in Washington in 1963.
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We saw a movie ate a big meal at the Cheesecake factory, and then went home.
We saw a movie, ate a big meal at the Cheesecake factory, and then went home.
Spell the vocab word that means "to hope to achieve (something)"
aspire
This rate grew during the Great Depression (begins with a u...)
Unemployment
Farmers who paid rent by sharing a portion of their crops with the landowner were known as this
Sharecroppers
This civil rights activist refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a protest against racial segregation.
Rosa Parks
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I enjoyed the movie but my sister thought it was completely plotless.
I enjoyed the movie, but my sister thought it was completely plotless.
Spell the vocab word that means "of little importance"
trivial
This war came after the Great Depression
World War II
What president signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
This week, we learned about the Great Depression. This musical about an orphan was also set in 1933.
Annie
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The movie was about a superhero who loses her powers and has to figure out how to get them back.
Nope
Spell the vocab word that means "intentional/thought out"
deliberate
This word means a decrease in the price of goods and services
Deflation
This week, we learned about the Civil Rights Movement. What year did the Civil Rights Act pass, which ended Jim Crow?
1965
This week we learned about two major Supreme Court cases. How many justices serve on the Supreme Court?
9
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The amount of popcorn and candy stuck to the movie theater floor was quite disgusting.
Nope
Spell the state that the novel takes place in
Mississippi
Who was president during the start of the Great Depression? (1929-1933)
Herbert Hoover
How many years passed between Plessy Vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education?
58 (1896-1954)
This week we learned about the Civil War. Who was a general of the Union Army who became the 18th president of the United States?
Ulysses S. Grant
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While the movie was playing my phone went off; my sister and brother leered at me with disdain.
While the movie was playing, my phone went off; my sister and brother leered at me with disdain.
Spell the name of a loan you take out for a house
Mortgage