WorksheetsRuby Bridges Through My Eyes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Where was Ruby Bridges born?
Louisianna
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
What did Ruby do in order to get the chance to eat in the cafeteria?
Hid her food throughout the classroom
Lied to Mrs. Henry about not having lunches
Asked the principal if she could eat in the cafeteria
Ruby Never wanted to eat in the cafeteria
What is a characteristic that defines Mrs. Henry well?
Mean
Selfish
Selfless
Clueless
What was the purpose of the US Marshalls?
Stand and look pretty
Fight for the Civil Rights Movement
Fight Against the Civil Rights Movement
Protect Ruby to, in, and from school
What did the NAACP NOT tell Ruby's parents in order to get them on board with integrating into William Frantz?
William Frantz is a better school
William Frantz is closer to Ruby's house than her current school
They said Ruby had a right to go to William Frantz
Everyone in the community will be supportive of Ruby going to William Frantz
Why did Ruby's parents move the whole family to New Orleans from Mississippi?
Because they wanted to
Because they had family in New Orleans
Because they wanted to make a better living in the city
Because they felt that they would be more influential to the movement if they lived in the city
What is integration?
Someone who did the farm work and lived there, but they did not own the farm
Putting together
Separating or keeping apart
Group that fought for equal rights
What is segregation?
Someone who did the farm work and lived there, but they did not own the farm
Putting together
Separating or keeping apart
Group that fought for equal rights
What is a sharecropper?
Someone who did the farm work and lived there, but they did not own the farm
Putting together
Separating or keeping apart
Group that fought for equal rights
Who wrote Ruby a letter of support?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Barbara Henry
Michael Jackson
Elvis Presley
Who was John Steinbeck?
Famous author
Doctor of psychiatry who met with Ruby
Famous artist
Ruby's teacher
Who was Norman Rockwell?
Famous author
Doctor of psychiatry who met with Ruby
Famous artist
Ruby's teacher
Who was Robert Coles?
Famous author
Doctor of psychiatry who met with Ruby
Famous artist
Ruby's teacher
Where did Ruby go to school?
McDonough No. 19
William Frantz
Center Grove
Ruby's teacher name was...
Barbara Henry
Brandy Hines
Bailey Harrison
Becky Hanks
What did Thurgood Marshall do?
Made wonderful paintings
Gave a magnificent speech that lead to huge moves during the Civil Rights Movement
Was a lawyer for NAACP and then became a Supreme Court judge
He was a famous football player during the 1960s
That group of high school students who were sent into an all-white school were known as...
Freedom Riders
The Bravest of Them All
Freedom Writers
Little Rock Nine
The Governor of Louisiana at the time of Ruby's story who was AGAINST integration was named...
Jimmie Davis
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Group that fought for equal rights...
NAACP
Ku Klux Klan
All American Citizens
This man was a Federal District Court Judge who ordered integration.
J. Skelly Wright
Thurgood Marshall
Jimmie Davis
Robert Coles
