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Mississippi Burning Flashcards

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1
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Where did the film take place?

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Mississippi

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When did the film take place?

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1964

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Why were the three young men being chased?

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The people chasing them wanted to kill them.

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Why did the boys stop?

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They were being pulled over by a cop car.

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What was the attitude of the men who stopped the three boys?

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Anger

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What is the Ku Klux Klan?

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group of white supremacists

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7
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Where was Mr. Anderson from?

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Mississippi

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Who did Anderson and Ward work for?

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The FBI

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What was the police department’s attitude toward Mr. Ward and Mr. Anderson?

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didn’t like them

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What was the relationship between Anderson and Ward?

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Anderson works for Ward

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In the restaurant, what mistakes did Mr. Ward make?

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sat at a colored table and started asking questions

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Why did the black man Ward was talking to move his seat?

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he didn’t want to talk to Ward

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Why did the Civil Rights workers go to Mississippi?

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They were trying to help black people register to vote

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Why was the church burned?

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it was a black church and the civil rights workers went there

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Why wouldn’t the local black people talk to the FBI

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they were scared of the police and what the kkk would do to them if they did

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who was the hairdresser’s husband?

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deputy Pell

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who was the person that got dumped in the street?

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the person ward was talking to in the diner

18
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What did the agents find in the swamp?

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the car of the civil rights workers

19
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what was the attitude of whites toward the missing boys

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they said the boys deserved it or they were faking it

20
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where did aaron tell anderson and ward to start investigation>

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sheriffs office

21
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what did the 3 fingers in the belt mean

A

kkk

22
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who was waiting for the congregation when they left the church

A

the kkk

23
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why do you think they attacked them

A

they wanted to scare them from talking to the fbi

24
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what did they threaten to do to aaron and why

A

kill him because they wanted to scare him from talking to the fbi

25
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how did the white people in the tv interviews stereotype black people

A

said that they smell and have bad hygiene

26
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Jews

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reject christ, their control of banks is at the root of communism

27
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catholics

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bow to a roman dictator

28
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minorities

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they (mississippians) protect anglo-saxon democracy and the american way

29
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what was the social club

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a group of cops (maybe kkk)

30
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what did frank admit he would do

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kill black people

31
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rattlesnakes

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dont commit suicide

32
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what was the result of the trial of the people that set the house on fire?

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5 years in prison but suspended

33
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what two things did mrs. pell tell anderson when he went to cisit her at night

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her husband drove one of the cars that chased the missing boys and where the bodies were burried

34
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why did mrs. pell get beaten and by who

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for telling anderson about the murders and by her husband

35
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how did anderson and ward ge the truth abou the murders and from who

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another agent threatened the mayor

36
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what charges did the fbi bring against the white men

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violation of civil rights

37
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who called the meeting in the church

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the fbi

38
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how did they get lester to cooperate

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staged the kkk trying to kill him and said they would protect him

39
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what were the results of the trial of the seven murderers

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frank bailey - 10 years, Lester - 3 years, Floyd - 7 years, Pell - 10 years, Ray Stuckey - acquitted, Wesley Cooke - 7 years, Clayton Townley - 10 years

40
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director

A

alan parker

41
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released

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december 1988

42
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awards

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best picture, best actor in a leading role, best actress in a supporting role, best director

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