America's First Freedom Rider

What did Elizabeth Jennings do for a living?

• Nurse

• Schoolteacher

• Stay home mother

• Traffic director

What famous activitist is Ms. Jennings story similar to?

• Harriet Tubman

• Barack Obama

• Rosa Parks

• Hilary Clinton

Which is the closest synonym for the word catalyst?

• navigation

• regulation

• satisfaction

• motivation

The judge ruled in the court case-

• people could not be denied transportation because of their skin color.

• people can be denied transportation because of their skin color.

• it is up to the driver of the street car to allow people of color on

• all of the above

The best alternate headline for this Article would be __________.

• State Civil Rights Act Desegregates Public Transit in 1873

• Future President Wins Big Before New York Supreme Court

• Local Businessman Galvanizes Community Around Daughter

• New York Schoolteacher Stands Up to Segregation in 1854

Which of these is a statement of opinion?

• Jennings's victory became a catalyst for future lawsuits that targeted segregation of city transit.

• Jennings's contribution to the fight for equality in the U.S. is not recognized enough today.

• Jennings was a schoolteacher who refused to leave a segregated streetcar in New York City

• Jennings wrote a letter that described the violence she endured on a New York City trolley.