Claudette Colvin- Chapter 1 Quiz

The Montgomery bus system had it's own rules and traditions when it came to Jim Crow (segregation). Who were the first 10 seats on the bus reserved for?

• White women only

• White men only

• Black passengers

• Whites only

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What was the job of Jim Crow?

• To regulate the bus system

• To keep the races separate (segregated) and blacks poor

• Jim Crow was a union man

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Why did the author name chapter 1 Jim Crow and the Detested Number Ten

• To tell us about the man who started racism in the south

• To tell us about how the 10 members of Jim Crow got started in the south and how blacks suffered.

• To explain the living conditions of blacks dealing with laws of the Jim Crow south and the number of seats on the buses reserved for white people.

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On Monday, May 17, 1954 in this famous case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the U.S. Supreme Court SPECIFICALLY outlawed what?

• Segregation on public buses

• Racial segregation in libraries

• Racial segregation in public schools.

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What happened when Claudette was about four years old, and a little white boy held their hands up so that their palms were touching?

• Claudette’s mother smiled and put her hand on Claudette’s head. Then she gently pulled Claudette’s hands away from the boy.

• Claudette’s mother slapped Claudette across the face and said, “Don’t you know you’re not supposed to touch them?”

• The boy’s mother grabbed Claudette by the hair and dragged her away from the boy.

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What was the name of the laws in the south that kept whites separated from colored?

• The Detested Ten

• Keep 'Em Poor

• Jim Crow Laws

• Rosa Parks Laws

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The rules, customs and traditions of Montgomery, said the bus driver was a segregation law enforcer. What vocabulary word is a synonym for the bolded words?

• Ordinances

• Humiliating

• Segregation

• Infuriating

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During the first half of the 1900’s these kinds of laws were enforced in the southern United States, but not in the Northern states.

• Ordinance

• Marriage

• Segregation

• City

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After Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, schools could no longer___________ a student from attending a specific school because of their race.

• Permit

• Command

• Allow

• Forbid

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In Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, the United States Supreme Court determined that racial segregation in public schools was ___________.

• Permanent

• Illegal

• Ideal

• Legal

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