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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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