vocab and terms
Laws meant to oppress minorities in the South
Jim Crow laws
The Writer of To Kill A Mockingbird
Who is Harper Lee
Who attacks Jim and Scout and who saves them?
Bob Ewell and Boo Radley
This character stabbed their father with a pair of scissors as a child
Who is Boo Radley
What two major court cases had a lasting impact on the civil rights movement?
Plessy V Ferguson and Brown V BOE
Unfairly blaming a person or group of people for something so that they receive the consequences
what is scapegoating
Who shows up when Atticus drives out to meet with the Robinsons in their home?
Bob Ewell
This man is the best shot in the county
Who is Atticus Finch
What time of year does Dill come to Maycomb every year and for how long?
Every summer for two weeks
The case in which 9 african american boys were accused of raping two white women and were found guilty despite the white women admitting it never happened
What is the Scottsboro boys case?
The term for nonviolent protest meant to create sympathy for a cause.
civil disobedience
What is Scout's real name?
Jean Louise Finch
This child refuses to take money from scout or anyone else
Who is Walter Cunningham
How does Tom Robinson allegedly die?
The officer transporting him shot him “to wound him”, but accidentally killed him.
What did the civil rights act of 1964 do?
Outlawed any sort of voting laws that prevented minorities voting such as poll taxes, and segregation in schools, employment, and public services.
The book about following one’s conscious even if it disobeys the government and the writer of this book are?
Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
How does Atticus prove it was not Tom Robinson that attacked Mayella ?
Mayella’s right eye was swollen, meaning she was hit by a left handed man and, and Bob Ewell is left handed, and Tom Robinson is right handed with a paralyzed left hand.
The meanest man to ever take a breath of life
Who is Mr.Radley
Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
They do nothing more than make music
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The first black supreme court justice
Why was it a mistake for Tom Robinson to say he felt sorry for Mayella and what vocabulary term is part of that reasoning?
Tom is below Mayella as a black man. Social stratification
What items did Atticus say that Scout and Jim would inherit from him and to whom will the items go?
A pocket watch for Jim and a pearl necklace and ring for Scout
Who is the defendant, defender, plaintiff, judge, sheriff, and victim in the court case?
Tom Robinson, Atticus, Bob Ewell, John Taylor, and Mayella Ewell
What all is found in the tree outside the Radley home?
A medal
Two wooden figures
Pocket watch
Knife
What are the three most important amendments for civil rights and what did each do
13th: outlawed slavery, 14th: made all people born in the US a US citizen, 15: allowed african americans to vote