Freedom Walkers Chapter 7 and 8

How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last?

• 381 days

• 1 day

• 365 days

• 81 days

What was the year span for the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• 1950-2000

• 1900-1954

• 1960-1970

• 1955-1956

Before blacks were allowed to ride buses, black leaders held meetings twice a week to teach something. What did they teach?

• Non violent techniques

• karate techniques

• dancing techniques

• combat techniques

What did the black community think about getting arrested?

• It was a badge of honor

• It was a badge of courage

• It was a badge of love

• It was a badge of terror

Why was the bus company going bankrupt?

• No one was riding the buses.

• Everyone bought a bike.

• Everyone bought a car.

• No one was paying the full fare.

Police Commissioner Sellers ordered his men to crack down on the carpool drivers. People who had never in their lives received a traffic ticket were booked and at times taken to jail.

• True

• False

What town in Mississippi were three young civil rights workers - two white and one black - killed and buried fifteen feet on a farm?

• Philadelphia

• Tunica

• Natchez

• Cleveland

Who killed Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• James Earl Jones

• James Earl Jemison

• James Earl Ray

• James Earl Richards

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

• It outlawed discrimination in public facilities, such as restaurants, theaters, hotels, in government, and in employment.

• It encouraged the desegregation of public schools. 

• It abolished the Jim Crow segregation laws in the South.

• All of the above

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

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

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