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Week 12 MS Studies

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were sit-ins?

a)

Protests against sitting down

b)

Protests against segregated seating

c)

Protests against eating

d)

Protests against interracial seating

2.

What race was Joan Trumpauer Mulholland?

a)

Caucasian

b)

Native American

c)

Asian

d)

African American

3.

What group did Joan Mulholland join?

a)

The Klu Klux Klan

b)

The Caucasian Clan

c)

The Freedom Riders

d)

The Bus Riders

4.

What were the Freedom Riders? (Choose 3)

a)

A civil rights group

b)

Peaceful protesters

c)

Violent protesters

d)

A group that rode with other races on buses

5.

Who was the first Caucasian to join the sit-in at Woolworth's in 1963?

a)

Joan Mulholland

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Emmitt Till

d)

Fannie Lou Hamer

6.

What did Medgar Evers do?

a)

He attacked African Americans.

b)

He fought against the rights of Caucasians.

c)

He investigated and reported terrible things like killings.

d)

He murdered someone and was not found guilty.

7.

Who was Medgar Evers specifically a mentor to?

a)

Young doctors

b)

Young lawyers

c)

Young teachers

d)

Young protesters

8.

Who shot Medgar Evers?

a)

Byron De La Beckwith

b)

Emmitt Till

c)

General Hamer

d)

Oliver Green

9.

Why was it too late to save Medgar when he was admitted (allowed) into the hospital?

a)

His neighbors stopped to buy groceries on their way to the hospital.

b)

They would not let him in to the hospital at first because of his race.

c)

He had a heart attack.

d)

It was not too late. He ended up being fine.

10.

What happened after Fannie Lou Hamer was registered to vote?

a)

She moved North during the Black Exodus

b)

She was kicked off of the plantation she lived and worked on

c)

Someone killed her

d)

She became a republican

11.

What did Fannie Lou Hamer dedicate her life to?

a)

The KKK

b)

The Caucasian Clan

c)

The Civil Rights Movement

d)

The Violence Violation Act

12.

Did Fannie Lou Hamer win when she ran for congress

a)

Yes

b)

No

13.

Why was Emmitt Till murdered?

a)

He killed someone

b)

He stole bubble gum from the store

c)

He cheated in a game

d)

He was accused of flirting with a Caucasian