Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement

Why did black people at one time have to give up their seats on buses?

• They wanted to stand.
• They were polite.
• It was the law.
• They thought it was fair.

What happened to Rosa Parks after she refused to move to let a white passenger sit?

• She was kicked off the bus.
• She was arrested.
• She was left alone.
• She was given a medal.

What happened after people stopped riding the buses?

• The law about where to sit on the bus changed.
• The people moved to a new city.
• The police arrested everyone.
• The buses stopped running.

What is another word for "law"?

• Change
• Police
• Rule
• Arrested

Why did the police arrest Rosa Parks?

• She refused to give her seat to a white person.
• She stole bread from the grocery store.
• She was speeding.
• She wasn't wearing her seatbelt.

Why didn't Rosa Parks give up her seat?

• She thought the law was unfair.
• She didn't know anyone wanted the seat.
• She had too many bags to get up.
• She was sleeping.

Why did some people stop riding the buses?

• They didn't have money.
• To show their support for Rosa Parks that the law was unfair
• Their bus pass was expired
• They enjoyed walking

What did the Montgomery Bus Boycott spark?

• violent protests 
• Blacks to start riding the bus
• a series on nonvionlent protests in support of civil rights
• people to buy cars

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat because she was tired of accepting unjust treatment. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?

• "Rosa Parks had challenged the law ans shown people far beyond her own town how cruel and unjust segregation could be, and she won."
• "The Monday after Rosa's arrest, most black commuters walked to where they needed ot go- some more than 20 miles."
• "People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."
• "Rosa and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, as it has come to be known, sparked a series of nonviolent mass protests in support of civil rights."

In November of 1956, the Supreme Court ruled that Jim Crow laws .....

• were legal and provided equal treatment
• were unconstitutional and kept whites and blacks segregated
• were the reason the bus boycott failed
• brought blacks and whites together