Checkpoint 32: TN Contributes to the Civil Rights Movement

Front

Who was training at the Highlander Folk School before refusing to give up a seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

Back

Rosa Parks

Front

Which vocabulary term is defined as to organize or prepare something, such as a group of people, for a purpose?

Back

mobilize

Front

What was unique about the Highlander Folk School during the Civil Rights era?

Back

White and Black students learned to work against segregation together.

Front

Which vocabulary term is defined as an official order issued by a legal authority?

Back

decree

Front

Why are the Clinton Twelve famous?

Back

They were students who integrated the first public school in Tennessee.

Front

Choose the correct definition of unconstitutional.

Back

not legal or in accordance with a national or state constitution

Front

What action did the Clinton Twelve take to try to stay safe?

Back

They walked to school together every day.

Front

Choose the correct definition of civil rights.

Back

the rights of citizens to have political and social freedom and equality

Front

What was the original goal of the Highlander Folk School when it opened in the 1930s? Options: to train factory workers, to end racial segregation, to organize the war effort, to improve the life of poor Southerners

Back

to improve the life of poor Southerners

Front

Choose the correct definition of sharecropper.

Back

a farmer who lives on land owned by someone else, rents animals, equipment, and supplies to farm the land, and pays the landowner back with a large share of the harvest