22. DEPRESSION, DISSENT, AND THE NEW DEAL, 1929

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 22.1 Plea from the Scottsboro Prisoners, 1932

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 22.1: Plea from the Scottsboro Prisoners, 1932

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Why might the authors have mentioned being out of work and hungry in their letter to the editor of the magazine?

Humor

Justification

Sympathy

Arrogance

2. Why do the authors repeatedly refer to themselves as “workers” and “boys”?

To emphasize their work ethic

To relate to Communist readers

To try to find jobs after their release

To create an alibi for the rape charge

3. Why would a Communist magazine like Negro Worker be willing to print their appeal and support their case?

To show that Communists were not racists

To show solidarity with the working class

To get more readers and distribution

To earn more acceptance in the United States

4. What aspect of this case was indicative of the historical context of the 1930s?

Wealthy participants

Gender roles

Wage gaps

Racial discrimination

5. How did the Alabama mob and prison officials help keep tight control over the Scottsboro accused?

Fear

Discipline

Violence

Friendship

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