WorksheetsRosa Parks
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
True or False: Rosa Parks helped change the laws in America.
True
False
Because of Rosa Parks' actions, everyone in America has . . .
no rights
some rights
equal rights
Rosa Parks was born in 1913 in the state of ________________.
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Florida
Rosa Parks was born during a time of SEPARATING or KEEPING APART blacks and whites which was called ______________________.
separating
boycotting
segregation
interruption
Rosa Parks went to school with . . .
only white students
only black students
both black students and white students
no one - she was all alone
True or False: Whites and Blacks went to the same schools together.
True
False
After Rosa Parks graduated from high school, she went to work as a seamstress in a department store to help . . .
earn money for college
earn money for her husband
earn money to help her family
Rosa Parks became famous when she refused to give up her seat she was sitting in on a bus to a . . .
white lady
white man
black lady
black man
The law in Alabama during that time stated that . . .
only black women had to give up their seats to black men
only black men had to give up their seats to black women
only black people had to give up their seats if a white person wanted to sit down
only white people had to give up their seats if a black person wanted to sit down
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus because she felt she had __________________________ and whites were not better than her because she was black.
authority
dignity
shame
sadness
Rosa Parks was __________________________ for not giving up her seat on the bus even though she felt it was the right thing to do.
arrested
laughed at
not arrested
made fun of
After Rosa Parks was arrested, all African Americans refused to ride the bus or _________________________________ riding the bus for over a year.
desegregated
segregated
boycotted
continued
During this time, Martin Luther King, Jr. held many ____________________________________ protests.
hurtful
harmful
violent
peaceful
A year later, in 1955 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was ______________________.
okay
legal
illegal
fair
Rosa Parks, along with Martin Luther King, Jr., are considered to be _________________________ to Americans because they believed everyone should be treated equally no matter the color of their skin.
friends
heroes
scientists
husband and wife
