MLK Chapters 3-5 Comprehension

Two weeks after MLK's daughter was born, what happened on a bus that changed history?

• The bus was involved in a minor accident but no one was hurt
• The bus driver got lost and ended up in the wrong neighborhood
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man
• The bus broke down and had to be towed

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What was the plan following Rosa Parks arrest to on the bus?

• Hold a parade in support of the bus system
• Organize a boycott of the Montgomery bus system
• Encourage people to use the bus system more frequently
• Create a petition to change the bus system's schedule

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

If people stopped riding the busses, then what would happen?

• bus company would lose money

• government would buy more taxis

• bus accidents would increase

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Due to the bus boycott, what did the white leaders do?

• Offered equal rights and opportunities to the black community
• gave all the black people scooters

• let black people ride in the front of busses

• increase taxi rates

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Due to taxi rates increasing because of the bus boycott, MLK organized ____________.

• carpooling
• scooter rental
• bike sharing
• walking marathon

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

The boycott lasted over a _________.

• week

• month

• decade

• year

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CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

Martin and other black leaders formed a civil rights group called the _________

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• NFL
• NBA
• segregation

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Martin and his wife traveled to India to see where his hero Gandhi had lived. Gandhi told his people... if you are hit, don't hit back; even if they shoot at you, don't shoot back. Just keep _________.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

MLK was thrown in jail. Which president fought to get him out and then won the presidency?

• George Bush

• Barak Obama

• Richard Nixon
• John F. Kennedy

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Who did Martin look up to who had led peaceful protests?

• The president

• Mr. Janne

• Adolf Hitler
• Mahatma Gandhi

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3