Selected Black History

Why was Rosa Parks arrested?

• She refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus to a white man.

• She was protesting against school segregation.

• She was caught stealing.

• She was speeding in her car.

What happened after Rosa Parks was arrested?

• It was the beginning of a civil war.

• Women were allowed to vote.

• Rosa Parks was elected governor of Alabama.

• Martin Luther King, Jr. helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott.

After Rosa Parks, what was the Supreme Court's ruling concerning segregated buses?

• Black people were ordered to segregate or face jail time.

• The boycott was judged to be illegal.

• Segregation on public buses was ruled unconstitutional.
• The Supreme Court did not issue a ruling.

What did Emmett Till do that stirred up controversy in the town of Money, Mississippi?

• He was accused of whistling at a white woman.
• He was accused of killing a white woman.

• He was accused of marrying a white woman.

• He was accused of robbing a store owned by a white woman.

What happened to Emmett Till after he got into trouble in Money, Mississippi?

• He became a politician and demanded equal rights for all citizens.

• He was forced to go into hiding in Chicago.

• He became an influential musician and sang about his experiences.

• He was brutally murdered.

What punishment was ordered for the men who killed Emmett Till?

• The jury decided that they were not guilty. They received no punishment whatsoever.

• The jury ordered them to pay a fine of $500 each to Emmett Till's mother.

• The jury ordered them to perform 48 hours of community service in the black community.

• The jury sentenced them to life in prison.

Where was Garrett Morgan born?

• New York, New York

• Chicago, Illinois

• Paris, Kentucky
• Detroit, Michigan

What was one of Garrett Morgan's first inventions?

• He invented the first super glue.

• He invented the first solar panel.

• He invented the first gas mask.

• He invented the first revolving door.

Why was it difficult for Garrett Morgan to sell his gas mask?

• There was too much competition from the gas masks created by other inventors.

• Demonstrations with the gas mask showed that it didn't work.

• The rare materials in the gas mask made it too expensive for most fire departments.

• Many people did not trust a product that was invented by a black man.

How did Frederick Douglass learn how to read?

• Frederick Douglass learned how to read by attending a public school for slaves.

• Frederick Douglass learned how to read by secretly teaching himself and trading food with poor white children in exchange for reading lessons.

• Frederick Douglass learned how to read by watching educational videos.

• Frederick Douglass learned how to read by hiring a private tutor.