ENGLISH-Workshop No. 9 (The Frontline of Justice)

Name: (FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIAL, LAST NAME)

When did slavery officially end in the United States?

• 1850
• 1857
• 1863
• 1865

What were some of the discriminatory laws African Americans faced until the 1960s?

• Segregated facilities
• Limited voting rights
• Separate seating on buses
• All of the above

Who spearheaded the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Malcolm X
• Harriet Tubman

What is the purpose of making inferences?

• To directly state information
• To form ideas about unstated things in the text
• To summarize the text
• To provide examples

What should you consider when making inferences?

• Only the text clues
• Only your own experiences
• Both text clues and your own experiences
• None

Which event prompted the Supreme Court to outlaw segregation on interstate buses in 1960?

• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Freedom Riders
• Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing

What happened during the Freedom Riders' stop in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 20, 1961?

• They were welcomed with open arms
• They were brutally attacked
• They met with President Kennedy
• They peacefully protested

How did federal marshals intervene during the freedom rally in Montgomery?

• They joined the attack
• They prevented further violence
• They arrested the Freedom Riders
• They ignored the situation

What tragic event occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963?

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott
• The March on Washington
• The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing
• The Selma to Montgomery marches