U4 Freedom Walkers - Quiz

Which word means:

Separation of people based on race?

• integrated

• segregation

• volatile

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

In what month did Claudette get arrested?

• December

• January

• February

• March

The following passage (paragraph 15) adds to the buildup to the bus boycott by:

“But in actual practice, whenever a white person needed a seat, the driver would order blacks to get up and move to the back of the bus, even when they had to stand in the aisle.”

• A. showing how whites in the South went beyond the letter of segregation laws to further discriminate against blacks

• B. painting a picture that the segregation laws were so complex that no black person would be able to challenge them in court

• C. showing how bus drivers lobbied for harsher segregation laws

• D. arguing that the Montgomery segregation laws were actually fair

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.8

Which word means:

Made accessible to everyone?

• segregation

• integrated

• unconstitutional

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CCSS.RI.6.4

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 21)?

E.D. Nixon and other blacks leaders wanted to take the entire bus segregation issue into federal court. They hoped to demonstrate that segregated buses were illegal under the U.S. Constitution. But first they needed the strongest possible case-the arrest of a black rider who was above reproach, a person of good character and reputation.

• A. Most black leaders were fearful of taking on the segregation laws, due to harsh punishments

• B. Claudette Colvin was embarrassed by civil rights leaders.

• C. Claudette Colvin ultimately accepted segregation.

• D. Black leaders intentionally sought out a person of calm demeanor to be the public face of the resistance.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

What does the following passage reveal (paragraph 3)?

“Judge Wiley C. Hill threatened to send them to reform school until they were twenty-one, but relatives managed to get them an attorney. They were fined and sent back to New Jersey.”

• A. Blacks received harsh treatment if they attempted to challenge segregation laws.

• B. Reform schools in Alabama were the only ones that were integrated in 1949.

• C. New Jersey courts ruled segregation to be unconstitutional.

• D. If the Johnson's had not been from New Jersey, they would have been the NAACP’s test case to challenge segregation laws.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

Both Stories "Rosa Parks: My Story" and "Freedom walkers explore ideas that :

• A. Talk about how African Americans were treated harshly in the 1950's.

• B. African Americans were always looking for a fight.

• C. African Americans were allowed to do whatever they wanted.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of these inferences is best supported by the text?

• A. Blacks in Alabama were subject to discrimination in many walks of life.

• B. Black leaders in Montgomery were not sympathetic to Claudette Colvin because she was poor and pregnant.

• C. The Mary Louise Smith case did not draw much attention because she did not talk back to the bus driver who asked her to move.

• D. Edwina and Marshall Johnson wanted to attend reform school.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is most closely a central idea from Chapter 2 of Freedom Walkers?

Answer choices for the above question

• A. Black leaders in Montgomery had no idea how they would challenge the bus laws.

• B. The movement to challenge segregation gained momentum as more African Americans educated themselves.

• C. Claudette Colvin was a firm believer in segregation.

• D. Whites were careful not to target blacks who they thought could provide a challenge to segregation down the line.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:

• restricted

• forbidden

• battery

• violence

• civics

• procedure

• policy

• authorized

• entitle

• government class

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CCSS.L.6.5B