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Reading Test Review
Sensational Trials of the 20th Century
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define abolish. | to do away with completely; put an end to |
| Define segregation. | the way of keeping racial groups apart |
| Define speculated. | to reflect and think deeply |
| Define anarchist | people overthrowing the government by violent means |
| Define alibi | excuse |
| Define peculiar | curious; odd |
| Define lethal | causing death; deadly; fatal |
| Define placards | signs |
| Define holdup | robbery |
| Define stay of execution | to postpone or delay an execution |
| Define the Watergate | It was President Nixon's attempts to spy and find out information by tapping the Democratic National Committee's phone. It was also a hotel |
| Define verduct | The jury's decision |
| Define meticulously | very precise; careful; concerned with small details |
| Define accomplice | a companion who helps another break the law |
| Define defendant | people against whom a charge is brought in court |
| Define prosecutor | people who bring a charge against someone |
| Define testimony | solemn declamation |
| Of what ethnic background were Sacco and Vanzetti? | Italian |
| What were the two crimes for which Sacco and Vanzetti were accused? | Vanzetti was charged with "assult and intent to rob" and "assult with intent to murder" in the Bridgewater holdup. Both men were charged with two murders in the South Braintree robbery. |
| What did the Butler Act outlaw? | the teaching of evolution |
| In what state did the Scopes trial take place? | Tennessee |
| The Scopes trial took place in what year? | 1925 |
| Who was the suprise witness in the Scopes trial? | William Jennings Brian |
| Who was the lawyer for the defense in the Scopes trial? | Clarence Darrow |
| To which political party did Julius Rosenburg belong? | Communism |
| What was the Russian code name for the Manhattan project? | Enormous |
| How was David Greenglass related to Julius Rosenburg? | He was his brother in law |
| What happened in August, 1944, that made the US suspicious that Russia had learned to build an atomic bomb? | Large amounts of radiation were detected drifting from the Soviet Union |
| What was the sentence for the Rosenburgs? | Death by electric chair |
| What information about Julius Rosenburg did Alexander Feklisov add? | He had probably not passed any atomic secrets |
| In what year was baby Lindbergh kidnapped? | 1932 |
| How much money did the ransom note demand? | $50,000 |
| Who was "Graveyard John"? | Charley's kidnapper who twice met Dr. John Condon in a graveyard and gave him information about Charley and his whereabouts |
| How did Haumptmann get caught? | He used gold notes at a gas station and the worker wrote down his license plate number |
| Were were the baby's remains found? | A few miles from the Linbergh's house in the woods |
| What was hidden in Hauptmann's garage? | $14,000 of the ransom money in federal reserve notes |
| In what year was Hauptmann executed? | 1936 |
| What did Homer Plessy try to do? | Sit in the first class car of the train, not the colored people car |
| What did the 14th amendment guarentee? | citizenship |
| For what does the NAACP stand? | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| Name two things that Linda Brown had to do to get to school | Walk 21 blocks and cross railroad tracks |
| In what state did the Brown case originate? | Kansas |
| Name one argument that Thurgood Marshall used | Blacks never agreed to be segregated; blacks and whites already played together; segregation made blacks seen inferior |
| Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the "Brown" case? | Earl Warren |
| Who was the President during Watergate? | Richard Nixon |
| Who was Nixon's Chief of Staff? | Haldeman |
| Who was Nixon's Domestic Affairs Advisor? | Erlichman |
| To what place was the Watergate burglary traceable? | The White House |
| What surprise did John Dean utter at the Watergate hearings? | Told the truth about the coverups |
| What was the Saturday Night Massace? | Archival was fired and his two top advisors resigned |
| Who replaced Cox? | Leon Jaworski |
| What decision did the Supreme Court make in the Watergate affair? | Mitchell, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman were all guilty. Not less than 30 months in prison but no more than 8 years |
| In the end what was Nixon forced to do? | Resign |
| Who followed Nixon as President? | Gerald Ford |
| Whom did John Hinckley attempt to assasinate? | Ronald Regan |
| Describe Hinckley's personality before the shootings. | Depressed |
| The Hinckley trial resulted in what two changes to the law? | Stricter handgun laws and the defense not the prosecution needs to bear the burden of proof in an insanity case |
| With what Hollywood movie star was John Hinckley obsessed? | Jodie Foster |
| Who was murdered at 875 South Bundy Street? | Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman |
| What evidence was found at the crime scence? | Lots of blood, a right handed leather glove, a black ski mask, and a pair of glasses in a case |
| Name the two football teams for which OJ played | Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers |
| In the past for what had Nicole Brown Simpson called the police? | OJ had smashed her car's window with a bat, he had slapped her and he had been ranting and raving |
| What was OJ's alibi the night of the murder? | Gone to his daughter Sydney's dance recital, gotten a burger with his neighbor and then left for Chicago for a tournament |
| What did OJ plea? | Not guilty |
| What was the make up of the jury? | Eight women and four men. All the women were African American. One man was white, another was Latino, and the other two were mixed race |
| Name two of the lawyers that made up Simpson's "Dream Team" | Robert Shapiro, Alan Dershowitz, F. Lee Baily, Johnnie Cochran |
| What did the defense find objectable about Mark Fuhrman? | He was a racist |
| Name two pieces of evidence that the Dream Team disputed | The glove that did not fit and the blood that had been contaminated |
| What was the final verdict in this case? | Not guilty |
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