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25 Cards in this Set
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Of Plymouth Plantation What were the conditions aboard the Mayflower? |
Crowded, smelly, not sanitary, rough seas, storms |
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ..... What was Franklin's behavior at the Quaker meeting? |
He feel asleep |
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Poor Richard's Almanac....What is the meaning of "Well done is better than well said?" |
Actions are better than words. |
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Speech to the Second Virginia Convention...What are the two choices that Patrick Henry concludes are left to him? |
Liberty or death |
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The Declaration of Independence....What are the three unalienable rights and what is the basic purpose of this document? |
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness The purpose was to declare independence from England |
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The Life of Olaudah Equiano...What is the greatest tragedy of slavery? |
losing your loved ones |
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The Devil and Tom Walker.....What business does Tom go into after his deal with the devil? |
He becomes an usurer. Loaning money at very high interest rates |
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The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls.....What is the effect of the tide on the footprints and what does this symbolize? |
It erases them and it symbolizes that what ever marks we leave on the world from our lives will be erased |
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Concord Hymn....The name the poet gives to the first shots fired at Concord? |
The shots heard around the world |
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Walden....What was the thing that Thoreau hoped to figure out at Walden? |
the meaning of life |
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The Minister's Black Veil....The topic of his first sermon wearing the veil? |
secret sins |
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The Raven.....The word the Raven used to answer the questions? |
nevermore |
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The Pit and the Pendulum....What is the thing the narrator first discovers about the chamber after he trips and falls? |
He discovers the pit |
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My Bondage and My Freedom....The treatment given to Frederick at first and then later and why does she change? |
He is treated very nice at first, taught to read, and then treated very badly (she is mean to him) because her husband tells her he is a slave and if she teaches him then he will be disobedient. |
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.....What is the vehicle and what does it represent? |
It is the Underground Railroad and it represents freedom |
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Follow the Drinking Gourd.... What does the drinking gourd refer to ? |
the Big Dipper (stars) in the sky |
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Mary Chestnut's Civil War....What happened in the April 12th journal entry? |
The fighting started. The Civil War |
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge....What is Farquhar's ultimate fate at the end of the story? |
He is killed by hanging |
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Walt Whitman's I Hear America Singing....What are the laborer's feelings about their work? |
They are happy and glad to be working |
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Emily Dickerson, The Thing that is distracting him and what he is distracted from doing? |
?????the fly distracts him and he is distracted from dying |
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County....The reason Smiley's Frog is special and how he cheats to win? |
He is special because he can jump higher than other frogs and does it when told to. The stranger cheats Smiley by putting quail shot (lead) in Smiley's frog |
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The Outcasts of Poker Flats....What is the decision of the secret committee? Why?
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They decided to rid Poker Flats of undesirable people like gamblers and prostitutes because many of the citizens have lost money and horses and even their lives |
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To Build A Fire....What are the actions of the man after he gets wet and what happens to him and the dog at the end? |
The man tries to build a fire but can't because his hands are too frozen. He dies and the dog survives |
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I will Fight No More Forever....What is his reason for no longer fighting? |
He is tired and his heart is broken because many have died (killed, frozen to death, starved) |
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The Story of the Hour....The news she receives and how she feels about it once she is alone? |
She is told that her husband has died. She is relieved that she can now live her life as she wants |
