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Tennessee Contributes to the Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lunch counters became desegregated because of this non-violent protest

a)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Nashville Sit-ins

c)

Highlander Folk School

d)

Clinton 12

2.

Unique because black and white students learned to work against segregation together

a)

Highlander Folk School

b)

Clinton 12

c)

Brown vs. Board of education

d)

March on Washington

3.

Students who integrated the first public school in TN

a)

Non-violent Protests

b)

Highlander Folk School

c)

Clinton 12

d)

Nashville Sit-ins

4.

Developed because African Americans in Fayette County did not have enough money to find housing after being evicted from their homes.

a)

March on Washington

b)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

Non-violent Protests

d)

Tent City

5.

Civil rights movement leaders learned peaceful nonviolent protest methods at ________________________in Tennessee.

a)

The rockabilly folk school

b)

Gandhi's School of Peace

c)

Clinton High School

d)

The Highlander Folk School

6.

Even though black citizens were allowed to vote in Tennessee, they were kept from voting because of the following:

a)

white store keepers refused to sell goods to black people

b)

Insurance companies canceled families' car and home insurance

c)

Some doctors refused to see patients who registered to vote

d)

Land owners evicted black sharecroppers because they registered to vote

e)

all of the above

7.

When black sharecroppers were evicted from their homes they organized ___________________to have a place to live.

a)

strikes

b)

a bread line

c)

tent cities

d)

a riot

8.

Why did the Clinton 12 walk to school together?

a)

They were best friends

b)

To stay safe

c)

They were all family

d)

None of the above