Mississippi Studies Chapter 10 Test

On what promises was Governor Ross R. Barnett elected in Mississippi?

• He promised to integrate public schools and facilities.

• He promised to keep schools segregated and maintain Mississippi's "way of life."

• He promised to ensure African Americans were allowed to register to vote without threat to their safety.

• He promised a free college education for everyone in Mississippi.

What did the Forrest County Cooperative do when Clyde Kennard submitted an application in 1959 to the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg?

• He was admitted to the university without incident

• His property was foreclosed on and his stock confiscated.

• The national guard was called to escort him to class

• The national guard was called to escort him from the campus

What happened to Clyde Kennard in 1960 when he was accused of a crime?

• He was arrested and sentenced to six months in the county jail.

• He was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to seven years in Parchman prison.

• He was arrested and sentenced to three years in Parchman.

• He was beaten and killed

What was the verdict of the first trial of Byron De La Beckwith who was accused of murdering Medgar Evers?

• He was acquitted

• It ended with a hung jury (unable to reach a verdict)

• It was declared a mistrial (it had no legal effect because of an error in the trial or a hung jury)

• He was found guilty

What civil rights activist became the first African American to graduate from Ole Miss?

• James Meredith

• Medgar Evers

• Clyde Kennard

• Vernon Dahmer

Civil rights activities in Mississippi in 1964 were given the name___________.

• Mississippi Burning

• Freedom Summer

• Mississippi Freedom

• Delta Summer

Who were Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman?

• Members of the KKK who firebombed Vernon Dahmer's home in Hattiesburg

• The men who killed Emmett Till in Money, MS

• Three civil rights workers killed in Neshoba County for registering blacks to vote

• Members of a special task force to investigate fires set in Mississippi

Who was the civil rights activist in Hattiesburg who was killed during the firebombing of his home after offering to pay poll taxes for those who could not afford them?

• Fannie Lou Hamer

• Medgar Evers

• Emmett Till

• Vernon Dahmer

What is a boycott?

• A protest where people enter a facility and refuse to leave until their demands are heard

• A protest in which people refuse to buy certain items until specific conditions are met

• A protest in which people march down the street carrying signs

• A protest in which people of different colors sat together on a bus

Who was the NAACP Field Secretary who was murdered in his driveway in Jackson?

• Medgar Evers

• James Meredith

• Clyde Kennard

• Vernon Dahmer