Freedom Walkers - Ch. 7, Walking to Victory

The mass arrests by the city commissioners dealt a crushing blow to Montgomery Bus Boycott.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

After Martin Luther King Jr. was released from jail, all of the men and women arrested during Montgomery Bus Boycott were assembled at Ralph Abernathy's church and treated as...

• heroes

• enemies

• traitors

• victors

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

Ralph Abernathy called for a day of....

• "walking"

• "celebrating"

• "heroes"

• "thanks"

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Following his arrest and release from prison, what did Dr. King write (say) about the city officials?

• "they did not know the Negroes with whom they were dealing"

• "they understood the Negroes with whom they were dealing"

• "they were not aware they were dealing with Negroes who had been freed from fear"

• "they thought the [Negroes] could be cajoled...to do whatever the white man wanted..."

• "they were not aware they were dealing with Negroes who were full of fear"

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

Dr. Martin Luther King was found guilty by Judge Eugene Carter and given a "minimum" sentence of....

• $400 fine OR 2 years Community Service

• $300 fine OR 1 year Community Service

• $500 fine OR 1 year of Hard Labor

• $400 fine OR 1 year of Hard Labor

Judge Eugene Carter was in a difficult position when giving Martin Luther King Jr. a verdict because...*Choose 2*

• he would face the condemnation of the nation and the world opinion if he found Dr. Martin Luther King guilty

• he would face the condemnation of the nation and the world opinion if he found Dr. Martin Luther King innocent

• he would face the condemnation of the local community and those who voted for him if he found Dr. Martin Luther King guilty

• he would face the condemnation of the local community and those who voted for him if he found Dr. Martin Luther King innocent

On June 4, 1956 a special three-judge federal court ruled in favor of the boycott leaders saying that Alabama's state and locals laws requiring segregation on buses violated this Amendment...

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Mayor Gayle suggested that Robert Graetz, pastor of Trinity Lutheran (an all-black church), bombed his own house to encourage donations to the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).

• True

• False

On November 13, 1956 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Alabama's segregation laws were unconstitutional. Where was Martin Luther King when the news was announced?

• at home with his wife and daughter

• in court fighting an injunction to ban the car pool

• with his father on a trip in Atlanta

• speaking at a church during a mass meeting

To prepare for integration on the buses, boycott leaders used their mass meetings to...

• teach nonviolent techniques

• practice scenes of confrontations between blacks and whites on buses

• teach black riders to show love and goodwill at all times

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A