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Civil Rights: Freedom Riders and Sit-Ins

Authored by B. Bacon

Social Studies

5th Grade

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Civil Rights: Freedom Riders and Sit-Ins
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The freedom riders were groups of only African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, which were bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated restaurants.

true

false

Answer explanation

The Freedom riders protested segregation of interstate transportation facilities, including bus terminals.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The Freedom Ride groups were confronted by polite police officers—as well as welcoming hand shakes and hellos from white southerns—along their routes

true

false

Answer explanation

The Freedom Ride groups were usually attacked, shot at, or arrested.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What were possible risk of joining in the Freedom Rides?

Death

Jail

Extreme Violence

All of these

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Why didn't Freedom Riders fight back when attacked?

They stood for non-violence

They did not have an army

They were weak and could not fight

They did fight back.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What was the main goal of the Freedom Riders?

To gain freedom from slavery

To desegregate the South

To eat at the same restaurants as white people.

To desegregate the North.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What state did Martin Luther King, Jr. say they would not make it through?

Alabama

Georgia

Florida

Texas

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What does the following quote mean: "The first Greensboro sit-in was not spontaneous"?

The sit in was planned well in advance.

The sit in happened in the heat of the moment.

The restaurant owner during the sit in knew it was going to happen.

The sit in was planned that same day.

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