Freedom Walkers Content & Vocabulary - Segments 1 & 2

Which word best completes the following sentence?

Back then, racial ____________ was the rule throughout the American South.

• submission

• galvanized

• grievances

• segregation

Which word best completes the following sentence?

As a result, African Americans in the South could not express their ____________ in the voting booth, which, for the most part, was closed to them.

• segregate

• boycott

• grievances

• submission

Which word best completes the following sentence?

To be effective, a ____________ would need the united support of the city's African American bus riders.

• galvanized

• boycott

• submission

• grievances

Which word best completes the following sentence?

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and other white supremacy groups did everything they could to intimidate blacks into ____________.

• submission

• boycott

• grievances

• segregate

Which word best completes the following sentence?

Claudette Colvin's arrest ____________ the black community.

• boycott

• submission

• segregate

• galvanized

What is the definition of violating?

• of great importance or significance

• cruel or unjust treatment

• breaking a law or failing to follow one

• recommending or speaking in favor of

What is the definition of momentous?

• of great importance of significance

• distinguished or high-ranking

• recommending or speaking in favor of

• breaking a law for failing to follow one

What is the definition of eminent?

• of great importance or significance

• cruel or unjust treatment

• distinguished or high-ranking

• breaking a law or failing to follow one

What is the definition of oppression?

• cruel or unjust treatment or control

• distinguished or high-ranking

• breaking a law or failing to follow one

• recommending or speaking in favor of

What is the definition of advocating?

• breaking a law or failing to follow one

• recommending or speaking in favor of

• of great importance or significance

• distinguished or high-ranking