The belief that government should be "hands off" in the regulation of businesses.
What is laissez faire?
100
Of Mice and Men author
Who is John Steinbeck?
200
Which amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires a warrant and probable cause.
What is the 4th amendment?
200
The giving of human characteristics to something nonhuman
What is personification?
200
This ice cream flavor was named in 1929 & was named to reflect the difficult economic times ahead
What is Rocky Road?
200
prejudice, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews
What is anti-Semitism?
200
The literary device used to compare the killing a mockingbird to the killing of Tom Robinson for the rape of Mayella
What is symbolism?
300
He was a journalist who wrote about and photographed the horrible living conditions of the slums of New York City.
Who is Jacob Riis?
300
The protagonist and antagonist of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Who is MacMurphy and Nurse Ratched?
300
Born a slave, she helped free slaves with the underground railroad. She was the first African American woman on a US postage stamp
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
Chiang Kai-shek, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong
What is a dictator?
300
Japanese poetry that reflects on nature and feelings
What is HAIKU
400
These journalists often worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption. Some examples are Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair
What is a muckraker?
400
The literary term that describes the difficulties George was feeling, about how to deal with Lenny after he killed Curly's wife.
What is inner conflict?
400
Romeo comes from this Verona family
What is Montagues?
400
the natural raw resources,availale in Africa, encouraged European powers to invade and divide the continent
What is scramble for Africa?
400
The author might use this literary device in the early chapter of his book to give readers an idea or warning of what is to come in the future
What is foreshadowing?
500
As the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s, hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as
What is the Red Scare?
500
A type of poem written in short stanzas forming rhythmical lines. Can be adapted for singing
What is a ballad?
500
During WWII, other candy manufacturers donated their sugar rations to keep this "hole in the middle" candy in production so that the little candies could be shared with Armed Forces as a tasty reminder of life at home
What are LifeSavers?
500
He taught that nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience (the refusal to obey unjust laws),rather than bloodshed, were the way to win rights
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
500
Both families agree to bury their past problems and resolve their conflicts with each other at the end of the play (Romeo & Juliet) as a result of this event