Race
Scottsboro trials: What were the 9 defendants accused of?
Raping two white women
What year did women gain the right to vote?
1897
1920
1967
1776
1920
Since there was little food, people who didn't have homes had to eat at __________, or work for their meal if they could find someone who needed odd jobs done.
Run down restaurants
Neighbors homes
Garbage cans
Soup kitchens
Soup kitchens
Which of the following were segregated?
Bathrooms
Water fountains
Parks
All are correct
All are correct
What made the Scottsboro Trials unfair?
The juries were entirely white
The defense attorneys had no experience in criminal law
The defense attorneys had no time to prepare their cases.
All are correct
All are correct
What was considered very important for white girls growing up in the 30's?
Acting like a lady, marrying a rich white man, advocating for women's rights, getting a proper education.
Acting like a lady.
In 1929, what caused America's economy to deteriorate?
The Hoovervilles, The KKK, The Stock Market Crash, Social Security.
The Stock Market Crash
What type of award did the novel TKAM win?
A pulitzer, an emmy, a nobel, an oscar.
A Pulitzer
The KKK felt that,
Whites were the superior race.
They should take the law into their own hands.
Whites and blacks will be segregated.
All are correct.
All are correct.
Which of the following is NOT true about Harper Lee?
She withdrew from university and moved to New York to become a writer.
She grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, which is very similar to Maycomb in TKAM.
Her father was a doctor, just like Scout's father in TKAM
After graduation, she pursued a law degree at the same university.
Option 3
Why did thousands of banks close?
People panicked and withdrew their money, there was too much money in circulation, they lost employees, there were riots and the banks were burned down.
A: People panicked and withdrew their money.
Double STAMPardy
How long did Harper Lee revise TKAM before it was ready for publishing?
2.5 years
If any relatipns between a black man and white woman occured, the black man was accused of?
Using force or rape.
What did white girls have to wear to church and school?
Pants, jeans, a dress, a romper.
A dress
DOUBLE STAMPARDY
What part of the US was mostly affected by the dust bowl?
The Midwest and Southern Great Plains
The eastern seaboard
The west coast
The Rocky Mountains
A: Midwest and Southern Great Plains
How many copies were sold of TKAM within a year?
500,000 / 3,000,000,000 / 100 / 7,000
500,000
What was the sentence for eight of the nine defendants?
Death
Who mostly took care of the children?
The child's father
White nurses
Black nurses
A formally licensed babysitter
Black nurses
How long did the Dust Bowl last?
10 years, 100 years, 5 years, 30 days.
10 years.
What is the main literary technique Harper Lee used to write TKAM?
Flashback, personification, autobiography, onomatopoeia.
Flashback