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Freedom Walkers Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word best completes the following sentence?

Back then, racial ____________ was the rule throughout the American South.

a)

grievances

b)

boycott

c)

segregation

d)

galvanized

2.

Which word best completes the following sentence?

Claudette's arrest ____________ the black community.

a)

submission

b)

galvanized

c)

boycott

d)

segregation

3.

Which word best completes the following sentence?

As a result, African Americans in the South could not express their ____________ in the voting booths, which, for the most part, was closed to them.

a)

grievances

b)

galvanized

c)

submission

d)

boycott

4.

Which word best completes the following sentence?

The Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacy groups did everything they could to intimidate blacks into ____________.

a)

galvanized

b)

grievances

c)

segregation

d)

submission

5.

Which word best completes the following sentence?

"There has been talk from twenty-five or more local organizations of planning a city-wide ____________ of buses."

a)

segregation

b)

grievances

c)

boycott

d)

submission

6.

What is the definition of violating?

a)

recommending or speaking in favor of

b)

cruel or unjust treatment or control

c)

distinguished or high-ranking

d)

breaking a law or failing to follow one

7.

What is the definition of advocating?

a)

recommending or speaking in favor of

b)

of great importance or significance

c)

breaking a law or failing to follow one

d)

cruel or unjust treatment or control

8.

What is the definition of momentous?

a)

recommending or speaking in favor of

b)

distinguished or high-ranking

c)

of great importance or significance

d)

cruel or unjust treatment or control

9.

What is the definition of eminent?

a)

recommending or speaking in favor of

b)

distinguished or high-ranking

c)

breaking a law or failing to follow one

d)

of great importance or significance

10.

What is the definition of oppression?

a)

breaking a law or failing to follow one

b)

of great importance or significance

c)

distinguished or high-ranking

d)

cruel or unjust treatment or control

11.

Definition: accused of or charged with a crime

Choose the correct word to match the definition.

a)

vagrancy

b)

perpetuate

c)

commitment

d)

indicted

12.

Definition: an agreement to settle a dispute in which both sides accept less than what they want

Choose the correct word to match the definition.

a)

compromise

b)

indicted

c)

vagrancy

d)

perpetuate

13.

Definition: living on the streets and being a nuisance

Choose the correct word to match the definition.

a)

compromise

b)

commitment

c)

vagrancy

d)

perpetuate

14.

Definition: a long-standing agreement or pledge

Choose the correct word to match the definition.

a)

compromise

b)

commitment

c)

vagrancy

d)

indicted

15.

Definition: to make something continue indefinitely

Choose the correct word to match the definition.

a)

indicted

b)

vagrancy

c)

commitment

d)

perpetuate

16.

What is the definition of creed?

a)

a statement of faith or belief

b)

forcibly put an end to something

c)

an event or change that marks an important turning point

d)

a court order that stops something from starting or continuing

17.

What is the definition of suppressed?

a)

apply to a higher court to reverse the decision of a lower court

b)

forcibly put an end to something

c)

a statement of faith or belief

d)

an event or change that marks an important turning point

18.

What is the definition of landmark?

a)

apply to a higher court to reverse the decision of a lower court

b)

a court order that stops something from beginning or continuing

c)

an event or change that marks an important turning point

d)

a statement of faith or belief

19.

What is the definition of appeal?

a)

a court order that stops something from starting or continuing

b)

an event or change that marks an important turning point

c)

a statement of faith or belief

d)

apply to a higher court to reverse the decision of a lower court

20.

What is the definition of injunction?

a)

a court order that stops something from starting or continuing

b)

a statement of faith or belief

c)

forcibly put an end to something

d)

an event or change that marks an important turning point