Civil Rights Final

Emmett Till was killed in

• Montgomery, AL

• Selma, Alabama

• Money, Mississippi

• Little Rock Arkansas

Where was Emmett Till originally from?

• Chicago, Illinois

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Money, Mississippi

• Little Rock Arkansas

Where was Emmett Till’s body found?

• The Tallahatchie River

• Behind Bryant’s Store

• Washington Park

• In the back of a pickup truck

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Who was President of the United States at the time of Emmett’s death?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

What was Moses Wright’s courageous action?

• He allowed the media to publish his photo in the newspaper, which was unheard of at the time

• He stood up in Court and pointed to the Defendant, Mr. Milam, as Till’s kidnapper

• He went to Bryant’s store to see where the events took place

• He told the NAACP that he would testify against the Prosecution

MLK chose ___________ to be the center of the Civil Rights Movement because he felt it was the most segregated city in the country.

• Greensboro

• Little Rock

• Selma

• Birmingham

At the Edmund Pettus Bridge, state troopers attacked protestors involved in the

• Selma March

• March on Washington

• Children's March

• Greensboro Sit-Ins

First black student at Ole Miss

• Emmett Till

• Bull Connor

• Orval Faubus

• James Meredith

Supreme Court decision that ended segregation in schools

• Civil Rights Act of 1965

• 14th Amendment

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

Where did the "I have a dream" speech take place?

• Selma, Alabama

• Money, MS

• March on Washington

• Children's March