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WorksheetsPatriot Freedom Walkers
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name given to the laws that enforced a system of white supremacy that discriminated against blacks and kept them in their place as second-class citizens?
a)
"John Doe" laws
b)
"Jim Crow" laws
c)
"Jim Dean" laws
d)
"John Deere" laws
2.
What does the word segregate mean?
a)
to keep together
b)
to keep separated
3.
What job did Rosa Parks lose as a result of her refusal to leave her seat on the bus?
a)
A seamstress at a department store
b)
A maid at a white family's house
c)
A professor at a university
d)
The president of the NAACP
4.
Who did Dr. King call on to volunteer as drivers?
a)
Bus Drivers
b)
Car Owners
c)
Truck Drivers
d)
Preachers
5.
What was the typical cost in Montgomery to ride the bus?
a)
Five cents
b)
Ten cents
c)
Twenty five cents
d)
Two dollars
6.
On February 21, how many blacks did the grand jury indict under an obscure 1921 state law prohibiting boycotts "without just cause or legal excuse"?
a)
2
b)
25
c)
37
d)
115
7.
Which was NOT a demand of the boycotters?
a)
Desegregate the buses
b)
Black drivers on routes serving black neighborhoods
c)
Blacks wouldn't have to give up seats in the “black sections” to white riders
d)
Courteous treatment on buses
8.
True or False? The city responded to the boycott by raising bus fares to make up for lost ridership.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
In what state did Freedom Walkers largely take place?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Missouri
c)
Georgia
d)
Alabama
10.
Who's teachings did Martin Luther King, Jr., use as a guide to lead a nonviolent boycott/protest?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King, Senior
c)
Mahatma Ghandi
d)
Mother Theresa
11.
What was the name of Martin Luther King, Jr's wife?
a)
Claudette
b)
Jo Ann
c)
Rosa
d)
Coretta
12.
True or False? Montgomery was the first city where African Americans challenged bus segregation laws?
a)
True
b)
False
13.
When Jo Ann Robinson failed to give up her seat on the bus, what did the bus driver threaten to do?
a)
Call the police
b)
Hit her
c)
Throw her off the bus
d)
Stay put until she moved
14.
For how many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last
a)
122
b)
365
c)
381
d)
419
15.
What genre would Freedom Walkers be considered?
a)
Historical Fiction
b)
Biography
c)
Nonfiction
d)
Auto-biography
16.
What was the name of the all-white organization that persecuted African Americans, often through violence?
a)
The KGB
b)
The White Citizen Council
c)
The Ku Klux Klan
d)
The NAACP
17.
True or False? African Americans could walk past white riders to find their seat on the bus?
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What city was Emmett Till originally from?
a)
Baton Rouge
b)
Omaha
c)
Montgomery
d)
Chicago
19.
Besides being a civil rights leader, what was Martin Luther King Jr's occupation?
a)
A Professor
b)
A Lawyer
c)
A Preacher
d)
A Principal
20.
How many blacks and whites typically rode the buses in Montgomery daily?
a)
10,000 blacks and 30,000 whites
b)
15,000 blacks and 20,000 whites
c)
20,000 blacks and 15,000 whites
d)
40,000 blacks and 12,000 whites
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