Miss Jane Pittman Movie Flashcard

Front

What period of American history does the story begin in? Options: The Revolutionary War, WWI, The Civil War, The Civil Rights Movement

Back

The Civil War

Front

Who does Ticey have to bring water to?

Back

The Southern Soldiers

Front

What meaningful action does Corporal Brown do for Ticey?

Back

He gives her a new name.

Front

What does Ticey (Jane Brown) do after the Northern Soldiers leave that makes her owners furious?

Back

She tells her master that she is no longer Ticey, but Jane.

Front

When the master brings all the slaves up to the house and declares them free, what are the two choices?

Back

They can stay and work for shares or leave.

Front

Once slavery has ended, Jane decides to leave and has her heart set on one thing. What is that thing?

Back

Going to Ohio

Front

As she is traveling north with another group of former slaves, her group is attacked by another group of people. Who is this group?

Back

Southern Ex-Soldiers and patrollers

Front

What does Jane's lack of knowledge about Ohio and its distance from Louisiana indicate?

Back

Her lack of education

Front

What does the incident of Jane and Ned being offered a ride on a 'buckboard' by an elderly man reveal about the freedom African-Americans experienced during this time?

Back

Many African-Americans were in survival mode and freedom would have cost them their life.

Front

What did the freed slaves, Ned and Jane, lack that limited their freedom to leave Louisiana?

Back

money