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MLK
MLK/Ain't I a Woman
Women on the Breadlines
Libraries Face Sad Chapter
FDR
100
Very important
What is momentous
100
statement of belief
What is creed?
100
departure from an area in large numbers
What is exodus?
100
books that are either part of a set or combined into one
What are volumes?
100
difficult; laborious
What is arduous?
200
failed to do something or be somewhere when required or expected; failed to make payment when due
What is defaulted?
200
length of time something lasts
What is duration?
200
state of being deprived of what is needed to survive
What is privations?
200
accepted as true; supposed
What is presumed?
200
capable of being done or carried out; practicable; possible
What is feasible?
300
sacred
What is hallowed?
300
In "Ain't I a Woman" Sojourner Truth spoke out about this important issue of her time.
What is Women's Right to Vote? What is equal rights for African Americans?
300
quality of having no results or effect; uselessness
What is futility?
300
cut short; reduced
What is curtailed?
300
sharp honesty or frankness in expressing oneself
What is candor?
400
to grow worse
What is degenerate?
400
Sojourner Truth used this literary device in her speech comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
400
A type of journalism in which the writer includes him- or herself in the story.
What is Reportage?
400
means of communication
What is medium? ****Double Jeopardy****
400
What year did FDR give his speech and what was the occasion for which he gave it?
What is 1933, First Inaugural Address as President of the United State of America
500
keeping others down by the unjust use of power
What is oppression?
500
Where was the MLK speech given and why was it given there?
What is Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC because Lincoln was the US President that freed the slaves and MLK was using ethos, credibility, by linking the Civil Rights Movement to the Emancipation Proclamation.
500
At the beginning of the story, all the women, including the author, are waiting in this place
What is the Women's Unemployment Office/City Free Employment Bureau?
500
imitate (a person or thing admired)
What is emulate?
500
What did FDR mean when he said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"?
What is FDR wanted to assure the people of the US that no matter how bleak things looked during the Great Depression that there is hope and the fear was doing nobody any good.