Characters
This character is staying with the Logans to help protect them
Mr. Morrison
In what decade does the Great Depression take place?
1930s
"...may I have another book please, ma'am...That one's dirty."
Little Man
How many acres do the Logans own?
400
this vocab word means "strong & powerful, in a way that inspires fear or dread; intimidating"
formidable
Cassie's youngest brother
Little Man
The stock market crashed in this year
1929
"All right Mr. Morrison, I'll tell her."
Stacey (after Mr. Morrison says he should tell Mama he went to the Wallace store)
Mama is trying to find someone to back a credit so families in the community are not stuck shopping at this store.
The Wallace Store
Spell the vocab word that means "intimidating"
F-O-R-M-I-D-A-B-L-E
What is Mama's name?
Mary
The court case "Brown v. Board of Education" in 1954 ended THIS in schools, ruling that "separate is inherently unequal"
"You ain't never had to live on nobody's place but your own and as long as I live and this family survives, you'll never have to. That's important."
Papa / David
This character, described as "greedy", wants the Logan land back in his family. (First and last name)
Harlan Granger
This vocab word means to go through something that is typically painful
endure
What is Papa's name?
David
The civil war took place between these years
1861-1865
"He don't know nothin' about me or this land, if he think I'm gonna sell!"
Big Ma (about Mr. Granger)
Mama is trying to have families shop in this other town (not Strawberry or their own)
Vicksburg
How do you spell our vocab word that means "showing great attention to detail"?
m-e-t-i-c-u-l-o-u-s
This character sold Paul Logan the second 200 acres of the Logan land.
Wade Jamison
SPELL the name for a loan taken out of a bank to pay for a property
Mortgage
"Mr. Montier signs for me up at the Wallace store so I can get my tools, my mule, my seed, my fertilizer, my food, and what few clothes I need...Now, who way down in Vicksburg gonna give a man like me credit?"
Mr. Turner (a sharecropper who wants to join Mama's boycott, but needs to find credit in order to do so)
Sam Tatum was attacked by the night riders because he asked this man to recheck his receipt.
Mr. Barnett (or Jim Lee Barnett)
"Meticulously" is an adverb. What is an adverb?
A word that describes a verb or an adjective