How many blacks and whites typically rode the buses in Montgomery daily?

40,000 blacks and 12,000 whites

12,000 blacks and 40,000 whites

30,000 blacks and 15,000 whites

15,000 whites and 30,000 whites

What is the name of the organization with the initials MIA in the book Freedom Walkers?

Montgomery Improvement Association

Who was Robert Graetz?

Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church

Who was Juliette Morgan?

White librarian who supported the boycott

Cousin of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Jim Crow Laws.........

enforced racial segregation in the South before the Civil Rights Movement.

protected African American in the South.

supported the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

promoted racial segregation in the North and the South.

Edwina and Marshall Johnson have trouble with the Montgomery bus laws because ........

They were not familiar with the city's segregation laws.

it was the first time they rode the bus.

they didn't want to sit in the back of the bus.

Claudette Colvin hurts her case by ........

Struggling and arguing with the police officers trying to defend herself.

taking the time to move to the back of the bus.

paying attention during her civics class.

paying the fine and accepting the consequences given to her in court.

What is the meaning of the phrase "The Prosecutors threw the book at Claudette"?

It means that they didn't care about respecting her rights and treating her fairly.

It means that they wanted her to read the U.S. Constitution.

It means that they wanted to hurt her with a heavy book.

It means that they didn't want her to attend her civics class.

Two months later, on December 1, 1955, another black woman boarded a city bus and found an empty seat just behind the white section. She was Rosa Parks. The story ends like this to let the reader know that........

The Black community had found the right person to defend in court and start fighting for equal civil rights.

Rosa Parks was not as important as Claudette Colvin.

Rosa Parks was arrested for the right reasons.

The Black community didn't like Rosa Parks.

Blacks were near a breaking point after Claudette Colvin was....

found guilty of assault for resisting arrest

fined for sitting on a bus with a white boy.

pushed off a bus by a gang of white boys

refused emergency medical care at a white hospital

What did the Women's Political Council do to get the bus boycott started?

They printed and distributed leaflets.

They sent its members out to ride buses and tell other bus riders.

They telephoned people and asked them to spread the word.

They put ads in local newspapers.

What was King doing when he was arrested and jailed for the first time?

transporting three boycotters he had picked up at carpool station

breaking up a fight that had broken out between two boycotters

trying to file a complaint against policemen who had harassed boycotters

speaking at a rally outside the county courhouse

What was King told when he was pulled outside at a mass meeting?

Someone had hurled a homemade bomb through a window of his house.

His wife and another woman involved with the movement had been arrested.

The mayor had asked to meet with King and discuss an end to the boycott.

A man with a gun had been seen moving through the crowd.

How did the White Citizens Council try to cripple the MIA car pool?

by preventing their fleet of station wagons from getting insurance.

by introducing loitering laws against people waiting for car pools

by getting a court injunction saying the drivers needed a special license

by bribing officials to make the car pool fleet fail required inspections

Judge Carter granted an injunction to ban the car pool just after...

the Supreme Court declared Alabama's bus segregation laws unconstitutional.

Mayor Gayle and King agreed to a plan to integrate Montgomery's buses

a special grand jury found Police Commissioner Sellers guilty of corruption

the MIA received a city permit to operate its own taxicab service

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How many days did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?

300

365

381

380

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Where was Jo Ann Robinson going to visit relatives just before Christmas in 1949?

Montgomery, AL

Birmingham, AL

Atlanta< GA

Cleveland, OH

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What subject did Jo Ann Robinson teach?

Math

English

Science

Theology

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How much did it cost for Jo Ann Robinson to ride the bus?

dime

quarter

nickel

penny

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Where were Edwina and Marshall Johnson from?

New York

Mississippi

Alabama

New Jersey

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What was the name of the mayor of Montgomery?

Marshall Johnson

W.A. Tacky Gayle

Ralph Abernathy

E. D. Nixon

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Where did African Americans have to sit on the bus?

In the front

In the middle

On the top

In the back

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Freedom Walkers

How many days did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?

Where was Jo Ann Robinson going to visit relatives just before Christmas in 1949?

What subject did Jo Ann Robinson teach?

How much did it cost for Jo Ann Robinson to ride the bus?

Where were Edwina and Marshall Johnson from?

What was the name of the mayor of Montgomery?

Where did African Americans have to sit on the bus?

What is it called when black people and white people are separated?

What were the laws called that enforced the system of white supremacy?

Who was the first black man to board a bus after the segregation laws were ruled unconstitutional?

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