Family
The most important parental figure in J.D. Vance’s life was:
Mamaw
J.D. traces his roots to:
Jackson, Kentucky
The term “hillbilly” is generally considered to be:
derogatory
Working-class white people moved to Ohio and other Northern States from Appalachia to:
Get jobs, especially in factories
After high school J.D. chose not to attend college right away because
he knew he wasn’t ready to handle the responsibility
Mamaw and Papaw were J.D.’s:
Grandparents
Middletown’s main employer for many years was Armco, which was a:
Steel Company
Mountain Dew mouth refers to:
dental problems in young children caused by too much sugary soda
Many of the people who settled the Appalachians had this kind of background:
Scots-Irish
Instead of going to college after high school, J.D. signed up with:
The Marines
At age 13 and 16 respectively, Mamaw and Papaw left Kentucky for Dayton because:
Mamaw was pregnant
The Hillbilly Highway refers to:
The mass migration of poor white people in the Appalachian region to industrialized cities in the North.
The word “holler” refers to:
A "hollow" or a small, sheltered valley
This major event caused many American men to join the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marines in the early 00's.
The 9/11 attacks and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
During his years of service he learned
Basic life skills he had not learned from his family
What kind of problem did J.D.'s mother suffer from?
She was addicted to narcotics
The people of Middletown began to suffer when:
During the late 1970s and 1980s, corporate finances and business declined
A “feud” in Appalachia meant:
a violent and deadly conflict between at least two extended families
This program created for Veterans coming home from WWII also helped J.D. pay for college.
The G.I. Bill
After his years of service he:
attended Ohio State University
J.D. almost failed out of school because:
his mother was on drugs and his homelife was chaotic
When Papaw died they held a visitation in these two places:
Middletown, Ohio and Jackson, Kentucky
The basic rules of fighting according to Mamaw and Papaw do NOT include this rule:
You never start a fight
You always end the fight if someone else starts it
It’s OK to start a fight if a man insults your family
It’s OK if someone insults your mother
It’s NOT OK if someone insults your mother
During Barack Obama's presidency, many conservatives held false beliefs about the president. What were some of those beliefs?
They thought he was not born in the U.S.
They thought he had ties to Islamic Extremists
They thought that Obama was a traitor
J.D. later went on to law school at:
Yale University