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WorksheetsFreedom Walkers - Ch. 3 (Rosa Parks
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Claudette Colvin, Jo Ann Robinson, Rosa Parks, and E.D. Nixon were all a part of the NAACP, which stands for...
National Association for the Appreciation of Coffee People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Coexistence
National Association for the Appreciation of California People
Rosa Parks was an adviser to what organization?
NAACP Women's Council
NAACP Youth Council
NAACP Worker's Council
NAACP Secretary's Council
What was the first day of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
December 1, 1955
December 3, 1955
December 5, 1955
December 7, 1955
What were the names of the white couple that sent Rosa Parks to Tennessee to attend interracial workshops as well as helped her get out of jail after she refused to get off the bus?
James and Deborah Durr
Clifford and Caroline Durr
Virginia and Clifford Durr
James and Betty Durr
"They thought so highly of Parks's civic activities that during the summer of 1955..." Here "civics" means...
a refusal to buy or use goods and services to show disapproval or bring about change
To inspire people to act for a cause or a purpose
To clear a person of criminal charges; to declare not guilty
Having to do with citizenship; community minded
Despite there being no public high school for blacks in Montgomery, Rosa Parks received her high school diploma. What are some challenges she faced before completing her diploma at 20?
Had to drop out of school in 11th grade to take care of her sick grandmother
cleaned classrooms to pay her way through school
Had to drop out of school in 6th grade to take care of her sick grandmother
was married before she graduated
In agreeing to fight against segregated buses with the help of E.D. Nixon and the NAACP, Rosa Parks knew she would face resistance from the white community, including...
losing her job
death threats
being killed
violence directed at her and her family members
Racially motivated killings were not uncommon in the Jim Crow South.
True
False
Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy, visiting from Chicago was beaten to death by Klansmen (KKK) for...
registering African American voters
allegedly whistling at a white woman
stealing from a grocery store
sitting in the white's only section of a bus in Montgomery
"Emmett Till's murder by white men during the summer of 1955 shocked the nation and helped galvanize the civil rights movement." Here "galvanize" means...
a refusal to buy or use goods and services to show disapproval or bring about change
To inspire people to act for a cause or a purpose
To clear a person of criminal charges; to declare not guilty
Having to do with citizenship; community minded
