Great Depression and Supreme Court Case
Section 1
1. Harper Lee was born in Monroeville on April 28, 1962. Her family consisted of four siblings. Her father was a lawyer, and her mother suffered from a mental illness. Harpers childhood was Truman Cobot. Harper studied law, as an exchange student. While she was in school, she contributed to the school newspaper. Harper also joined a sorority.
2. Some important factors to consider while reading the book, is that now we understand some of the authors background, we can connect it to the story, and relate it to her true life.
3. She made her book a reality by moving to New York, because she was able to find an agent who then helped her get her books published. “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published in July 1960. It was adapted to screen in 1962.
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2. Jim Crow Laws and segregation laws in the South are very similar because they both kept blacks oppressed.
3. The Supreme Court case that upheld “separate but equal” was the Plessey vs. Ferguson case in 1869.
4. Rosa Parks was a black woman, who stood up to whites, to fight for black rights.
5. The case was invalidated because it leads to a Supreme Court ruling.
Section 3
1. The Scottsboro Boys were known for hopping from town to town on trains, and were accused of raping a group of young white girls.
2. They were unprofessional because they showed up to court drunk, they had no defendant, or no defense.
3. The case was not fair because it was bias toward the white people, they couldn’t afford an attorney, and they were framed for committing a crime they didn’t even do.
4. No the Scottsboro Boys were never pardoned for their convection.
5. My prediction is that her parents were probably worried about Harpers safety, and didn’t want anything to happen to her.
Section 4
1. Black Tuesday was a catastrophic market crash that took place on October 29, 1929. It is important because it marks the date of the beginning of the Great Depression.
2. The war affected the economy
1. Harper Lee was born in Monroeville on April 28, 1962. Her family consisted of four siblings. Her father was a lawyer, and her mother suffered from a mental illness. Harpers childhood was Truman Cobot. Harper studied law, as an exchange student. While she was in school, she contributed to the school newspaper. Harper also joined a sorority.
2. Some important factors to consider while reading the book, is that now we understand some of the authors background, we can connect it to the story, and relate it to her true life.
3. She made her book a reality by moving to New York, because she was able to find an agent who then helped her get her books published. “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published in July 1960. It was adapted to screen in 1962.
1.
2. Jim Crow Laws and segregation laws in the South are very similar because they both kept blacks oppressed.
3. The Supreme Court case that upheld “separate but equal” was the Plessey vs. Ferguson case in 1869.
4. Rosa Parks was a black woman, who stood up to whites, to fight for black rights.
5. The case was invalidated because it leads to a Supreme Court ruling.
Section 3
1. The Scottsboro Boys were known for hopping from town to town on trains, and were accused of raping a group of young white girls.
2. They were unprofessional because they showed up to court drunk, they had no defendant, or no defense.
3. The case was not fair because it was bias toward the white people, they couldn’t afford an attorney, and they were framed for committing a crime they didn’t even do.
4. No the Scottsboro Boys were never pardoned for their convection.
5. My prediction is that her parents were probably worried about Harpers safety, and didn’t want anything to happen to her.
Section 4
1. Black Tuesday was a catastrophic market crash that took place on October 29, 1929. It is important because it marks the date of the beginning of the Great Depression.
2. The war affected the economy