Freedom Walkers Vocabulary

Which word best completes the following sentence?

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

• grievances

• boycott

• segregation

• galvanized

Which word best completes the following sentence?

Claudette's arrest ____________ the black community.

• submission

• galvanized

• boycott

• segregation

Which word best completes the following sentence?

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

• grievances

• galvanized

• submission

• boycott

Which word best completes the following sentence?

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

• galvanized

• grievances

• segregation

• submission

Which word best completes the following sentence?

"There has been talk from twenty-five or more local organizations of planning a city-wide ____________ of buses."

• segregation

• grievances

• boycott

• submission

What is the definition of violating?

• recommending or speaking in favor of

• cruel or unjust treatment or control

• distinguished or high-ranking

• breaking a law or failing to follow one

What is the definition of advocating?

• recommending or speaking in favor of

• of great importance or significance

• breaking a law or failing to follow one

• cruel or unjust treatment or control

What is the definition of momentous?

• recommending or speaking in favor of

• distinguished or high-ranking

• of great importance or significance

• cruel or unjust treatment or control

What is the definition of eminent?

• recommending or speaking in favor of

• distinguished or high-ranking

• breaking a law or failing to follow one

• of great importance or significance

What is the definition of oppression?

• breaking a law or failing to follow one

• of great importance or significance

• distinguished or high-ranking

• cruel or unjust treatment or control