Don’t buy a Ford ever again, ca. 1960

Whom is this poster addressing?

• all white citizens

• all black citizens

• all Ford employees

• all civil rights organizations

This poster attempts to persuade white citizens to stop buying Ford products. According to the authors of the poster, what is one reason why people should stop buying Ford products?

• Ford's profits are spent on organizations that support white citizens of the South.

• Ford's profits have been going into tax-free foundations.

• Ford's profits are being used to destroy the Southern way of life.

• Ford's profits have exceeded millions and millions and millions of dollars.

Read these sentences from the text.

"Members of the Citizens’ Council of Greater New Orleans believed that large companies such as the Ford Motor Company supported efforts to bring about integration in the United States. To influence the policies of such businesses, the Citizens’ Council organized boycotts of the companies’ products."

Based on the evidence in this text, what did the Citizens' Council hope to accomplish by organizing a boycott against Ford?

• The Citizens' Council hoped that Ford would stop financially supporting integration and civil rights organizations.

• The Citizens' Council hoped that people would start financially supporting integration and civil rights organizations.

• The Citizens' Council hoped that schools would continue to desegregate

• The Citizens' Council hoped that large companies would continue to desegregate.

What might the poster mean by the "Southern way of life"?

• the culture established by supporting large companies

• the culture established by supporting the spending of money

• the culture established by supporting the integration of races

• the culture established by supporting the segregation of races

What is the message of this poster?

• Write Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans for additional copies of this circular.

• All white citizens should buy more Ford products because Ford profits have been distributed to integration and civil rights organizations.

• For years, a considerable portion of the profits from the sale of Ford cars, trucks, and other Ford products have been funneled into tax-free foundations.

• All white citizens should stop buying Ford products because Ford profits have been distributed to integration and civil rights organizations.

Why might the Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans have chosen to capitalize some words on the poster?

• in order to ensure the poster was grammatically correct

• in order to get people's attention and emphasize the poster's message

• in order to ensure that people could read it from far away

• in order to distract people from the poster's message

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.

Schools in New Orleans were ordered to desegregate in 1960. __________, many white people became angry.

• In particular

• In contrast

• As a result

• Even though

What did members of the Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans believe that large companies like the Ford Motor Company supported?

• They supported of hiring of only "white" workers in their factory.

• They supported the design of new a Ford.

• They supported efforts to bring about integration in the United States.

• They supported the idea to sell Ford to Ferrari.

What is the purpose of this poster?

Support your answer with evidence from the text and poster.

• The purpose was to assist the Ford company to grow.

• The purpose was to support buying of more Ford cars.

• The purpose was to assist the Ford company with integration.

• The purpose was to support the boycott of the Ford Motor Company.

In what ways did the Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans attempt to persuade people to stop buying Ford products?

• They created and design posters that promoted integration.

• They created posters to advertise this boycott and persuade readers to stop buying Ford products.

• They created posters to advertise the promotion of buying Ford cars.

• They created and design their own cars.