Boycotts and Sit-in

Boycotts and Sit-in

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What is a boycott?

• A form of protesting. Refusing to buy something or participate in an action.

• A violent form of protesting

• Taking a knee

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How long did the boycott last?

• 365 days

• 381 days

• 38 days

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Many black people were angry when Rosa Parks was taken to jail. What did they do?

• They sat in the front of the bus.

• They boycotted the bus company. No black people took the bus.

• They went to jail, too.

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When did Rosa Parks say "no!" to a white man?

• December 1, 2015

• May 25, 2020

• December 1, 1955

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Why did the bus driver ask Rosa Parks to move?

• Because she was tired.

• Because a white man wanted her seat in the front of the bus. Black people were supposed to sit in the back of the bus.

• Because he needed her help.

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Why did Rosa Parks go to jail?

• Because she stole from a store.

• Because she said "no!" to a white man on a bus

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Who is Rosa Parks?

• a politician

• an African American woman who is a national hero

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What does desegregated mean?

• the end

  of racial segregation

• the beginning of racial segregation

• when people are crazy

• All of the above

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What happened on July 26th?

• They had chicken nuggets

• they had a bath

• The stores will star letting African Americans and whites eat at the same lunch

• they did a speech

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What does Segregation mean?

• a country

• A war

• sepration between whites and African Americans

• A language

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The sit-in movement spread throughout the South in the early 1960s.

• True

• False

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The sit-ins were a form of non-violent protest. *

• True

• False

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In which year did the first sit-in take place? *

• 1958

• 1959

• 1960

• 1961

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Who took part in the first sit-in? *

• High school students.

• Primary school students.

• University students.

• Working adults.

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In which part of the shop did the sit-in take place?

• The toy section.

• The lunch counter.

• Baby clothes

• At the drinking fountain.

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Where did the first sit-in take place?

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Greensboro, South Carolina

• Little Rock, Arkansas

• Greensboro, North Carolina

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What is a sit in?

• Sitting on a bus

• Sitting in an area where you are not allowed as a form of protest

• Sitting on the floor rather than a chair

• Sitting rather than standing at a lunch counter