Important Leaders
What do, Abraham Lincoln, President JFK, Mahatma Ghandi, and MLK Jr. all have in common?
They were all assassinated.
The words that describe a picture are called...
captions
Why do people honor MLK Jr.'s birthday?
People honor MLK Jr.'s birthday because he was an important leader in the Civil Rights movement/ He fought for equal rights.
What did MLK Jr. do as a peaceful protest?
He boycotted the buses/He participated in a march
Where did John Wilkes Booth get rifles from?
Suratt's Tavern/Mary's Tavern
Why did Teddy Roosevelt visit the patients at the hospital in Warm Springs?
To make them feel better/To assure them that he cared
What is the part of a text at the beginning of an article that tells you important information about the topic.
Background/Introduction
What impact did the deaths of these important leaders have on most people?
Most people felt sad and mourned them.
Which leader did we learn was attacked by a bomb?
Mahatma Ghandi
How long was the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth?
The manhunt was, 12 days long.
Why did Lincoln want to prevent the South from succeeding from the Union?
To keep the country united.
What are the sections in a poem called?
stanzas
Abraham Lincoln was shot in 1865, Mahatma Gandhi was shot in 1948, JFK was shot in 1963 and MLK Jr. was shot in 1968.
How are these events organized?
In chronological order/chronologically
Where was John Wilkes Booth from?
The North/Maryland
How long did the bus boycott last?
The bus boycott lasted 381 days
The bus boycott lasted a little over a year.
What was MLK Jr.'s goal?
To end segregation/ Get equal rights for Black people
What is the narrator called in a poem?
The speaker
What did the Captain in "O Captain, My Captain" earn?
Cheering, Death, or Victory?
Victory
What city and/or state was President JFK in when he was assassinated?
Dallas, Texas
Why did the Secret Service's job switch to protecting the President in 1901?
The Secret Service's job switched because President William McKinley was assassinated.
...another President was assassinated.
What was Gandhi's main goal?
To help India gain independence from Britain
What is the name of additional information for a passage (like definitions or explanations) that is usually numbered?
Footnotes
What is connotation?
How a word makes you feel/The feeling a word gives you (negative/positive/or neutral).
How did Teddy Roosevelt die?
He suffered from a brain hemorrhage/He suffered from bleeding in the brain.
What was the original job for the Secret Service?
Their original job was to investigate money crimes.