Quiz: A Time For Justice: The Civil Rights Movement
Authored by Jeanne Even
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the average yearly income for a black person in Mississippi in the 1950s?
$400
$700
$2500
$7000
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why didn't poor African Americans in the 1950s elect leaders to help them improve their lives?
No good leaders were running for office.
Black people were not allowed to vote.
Martin Luther King, Jr. told them not to vote.
The voting booths were too far from the farms.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Emmett Till, a black boy from Chicago, who was in Mississippi visiting his cousin's grandfather, Mose Wright, was accused of...
...using a "Whites Only" bathroom.
...whistling at a white female store clerk.
...fighting with a white man.
...leading a voter registration drive.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How old was Emmett Till when he was murdered?
14
21
28
35
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does it mean when the film says Mose Wright "knew his place"?
Mose Wright knew where he lived.
Mose Wright knew the customs of the south and how to act.
Mose Wright knew who his neighbors were.
Mose Wright knew who to ask for help when he was mistreated.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happened at the trial for Till’s accusers?
They were found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
They were found guilty, but given a light sentence.
They were found not guilty.
It was declared a mistrial and the men were not charged again.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Emmett Till's mother insist on an open casket at his funeral?
She wanted the world to see what had been done to her son.
She needed Emmett's body to have fresh air.
Open caskets were part of her religious practices.
The funeral home forced her to have an open casket.
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