Compared to other segregation laws, why did the bus laws have more of an impact on black citizens?
Claudette Colvin Explains Her Role in the Civil Rights Movement

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English
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7th - 8th Grade
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Hard
Margaret Anderson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The buses for black citizens ran more infrequently than for white citizens.
Black southerners were treated equally with white citizens in most other areas.
The bus laws were the first American laws to create racial inequality.
Black citizens depended on bus transportation as part of their daily lives.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Read the first sentence of the second paragraph. “But everything about riding a bus was humiliating for black passengers.” In this context, the word humiliating means causing a feeling of
shame
sadness
pride
exhaustion
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Which piece of evidence best supports the idea that riding the bus was a humiliating experience?
“Some of the segregation laws didn’t matter too much in the daily lives of black citizens”
“Thousands of students also rode the buses to school from the time they were little”
“All riders entered through the front door and dropped their dimes in the fare box near the driver."
“blacks alone had to get back off the bus and reenter through the rear door."
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What is the central idea of this passage?
The neighborhoods of Montgomery, Alabama, were spread out, so transportation was an important city issue.
Many of the black citizens of Montgomery were employed by white families and white business owners.
Black students in Montgomery relied on the buses to transport them to and from school each day
Black citizens of Montgomery depended on buses for transportation but were treated unequally as riders.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Read this sentence from the passage. “On top of that, she was from King Hill, a neighborhood she loved but others scorned.” In the context of this sentence, what does scorned mean?
remembered fondly
had forgotten about
looked up to
looked down on
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What are two ways Claudette differed from other students that the author cites as reasons for her lack of popularity at Booker T. Washington High School?
her looks
her intelligence
her family
her neighborhood
her attitude
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Which sentence from the paragraph best expresses the central idea of the passage?
“Many girls woke up early and spent hours applying hot combs to their hair, trying to straighten it to look, as some said, ‘almost white.’”
“But Claudette’s hair wouldn’t stay straight or flat no matter how long she pressed it, and her skin was very dark."
“On top of that, she was from King Hill, a neighborhood she loved but others scorned.
“Suddenly alone, Claudette started life as a Yellow Jacket feeling she was at the very bottom of the social heap.”
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