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