A Mighty Long Way Chapters 1-4

where does Carrlotta Live?

• Kansas City, MO

• Little Rock, AK

• Money, MS

• St. Louis,MO

What were the central ideas of the 14th amendment?

• It has 2 centrals ideas, segregate the races and the separate but equal laws.

• It has 5 central ideas, Due Process, Citizenship for African Americans, Equal Protections Under the Law, Bringing the Confederacy back into the Union, All born or naturalized in the US are citizens.

• It has 3 central ideas, Separate but Equal, Due Process and Bringing the Confederacy back into the Union.

• It has 4 central ideas, Due Process, Separate but Equal, Equal Protection for Religious Organizations, the right to a speedy trail.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

How did her visit to New York affect Carlotta?

• Separate but Equal was widely accepted in New York.

• Carlotta had to ride on the back of the bus in New York.

• Carlotta saw that she could live more freely and even made a friend who was white.

• New York was where Caroltta was first exposed to racism.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

How does Carlotta "play by the rules" even with her summer softball friends?

• She only played with the kids from her neighborhood.

• She only played with her white softball friends at night.

• She would not play with kids from Central High School.

• She doesn't knock on white players' door to ask if they can play, she waits in the street for a parent to notice her.

How do the white kids "play by the rules" with Carlotta and her softball friends?

• They did not knock on the doors of the black players but waited in the street for a parent to notice them.

• They only played with the black players at night.

• They did not play with the kids that attended Dunbar.

• They only played with kids from their neighborhood.

In junior high, what is the only part of Carlotta's life that is desegregated?

• Her school has "hand-me-down" textbooks and inferior equipment and facilities

• The neighborhood softball field.

• Dunbar Junior High School

• The Little Rock Community Center.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What was the court case that mandated the desegregation of schools?

• Plessy V Ferguson

• Brown V the Board of Education

• Marshall V Blossom

• Bates V Little Rock Board of Education

What is the name of the new school that was being built to discourage black students from attending Central High School?

• Horace Mann

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Thurgood Marshall

• Daisy Bates

On Carlotta's first day of school at Central, what was the role of the National Guard? Why was this surprising?

• To keep the black and white students from fighting. She thought the students would welcome her.

• To keep the black students safe at Central High School. Carlotta thought they were there to protect her.

• To keep black students out of Central High School. Carlotta thought the governor would follow the Supreme Court ruling.

• To make sure the black students were not carrying knives or weapons. She thought they were there to keep out the reporters.

What was Carlotta's mother NOT allowed to do while working in retail?

• Try on clothes.

• Touch money or credit.

• None of the above.

• A and B