TKAM: Historical Context

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Across
  1. 3. Alabama town where Harper Lee was born
  2. 4. group of nine black teenagers falsely accuses in 1931
  3. 5. Crop that dominated Alabama’s economy but collapsed during the Depression
  4. 7. Law that granted African Americans citizenship after the war
  5. 11. Award won by To Kill a Mockingbird
  6. 15. state where the case took place
  7. 17. Economic crisis of the 1930s that caused widespread unemployment and poverty
  8. 18. farmers who rented land and paid with crops instead of money
  9. 19. Type of jobs many women were limited to during the 1930s
Down
  1. 1. what the nine boys were accused of
  2. 2. Supreme Court case that ruled school segregation unconstitutional
  3. 6. government programs created by Roosevelt to provide relief
  4. 8. Type of trial problem caused by rushed court proceedings
  5. 9. War fought between the North and South over slavery and states’ rights
  6. 10. First Lady who advocated for women’s rights and equality
  7. 12. insect that destroyed cotton crops and worsened poverty
  8. 13. Laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States
  9. 14. author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
  10. 16. character inspired by Harper Lee's father