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1 Allusions Chapter 1 To Kill a Mockingbird

2 Andrew Jackson 7th president of the United States ( )

3 Battle of Hastings A decisive battle in the Norman Conquests of England in 1066

4 John Wesley Founder of the Methodist Church

5 Cornwall A country at the southwest tip of England

6 Disturbance between the “Disturbance between the North and South”
Another word for the Civil War

7 Admitted to the Bar When a lawyer has passed a series of exam and is able to practice law

8 Hoover carts The vehicle represents a "Hoover Cart", a symbol of the Great Depression. The Hoover Cart was driven by North Carolina farmers as a form of transportation during the Depression and was built by taking the rear wheels off of a car and attaching them to a cart. The cart was then pulled by either mule or horse. The drivers of these carts would stop at service stations for water for the horse or mule and air for the tires, for which there was no cost.

9 “Nothing to fear but fear itself”
President FDR’s 1st inaugural address

10 “no money to buy it with”
allusion to the Great Depression

11 Dracula 1931 film

12 Merlin King Arthur’s adviser, prophet and magician

13 Oliver Optic, Victor Appleton, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Authors of popular book series during the 1930s

14 The Rover Boys, Tom Swift
Two popular books during the 1930s

15 Tarzan Popular book and film during the 1930s

16 Stump-hole whiskey Illegally made and sold whiskey that is hidden in
the holes of tree stumps, hence the name

17 Flivver Another name for a model T Ford

18 The Grey Ghost Book referenced in TKAM


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