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WorksheetsCivil Rights Unit Summative Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of these inferences about Colvin is most strongly supported by the following passage (paragraph 8)?
History had me glued to the seat. Harriet Tubman’s hands were pushing down on one shoulder and Sojourner Truth’s hands were pushing down on the other shoulder. I was paralyzed between these two women; I couldn’t move.
Two passengers on the bus held Colvin down.
Colvin was manhandled by the police when she refused to give up her seat.
She was inspired by her historical forebears.
Colvin knew Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman from when she was a little girl.
1.Which of these inferences is best supported by the following passage in "Claudette Colvin..." (paragraph 10)?
Some white students [on the bus] were yelling: “You have to get up, you have to get up.” And a colored girl, one of the students said, “Well she don’t have to do nothing but stay black and die.”
The black student hated the white students who were shouting at her friend.
The white students acted this way because this is how they were raised.
. The white student screamed that Colvin should die.
The black student was pointing out the overarching attitude of white Americans toward black Americans.
Which of these statements is best supported by the passage below (Claudette Colvin... paragraph 11)?
We were still on our best behavior taking all of the insults from the white passengers. The bus driver knew that I wasn’t breaking the law, because these seats were already for colored people. Under Jim Crow law, the bus driver could ask you to give up your seat at any time but the problem was that [the number of seats for black and white people had to be even]. He drove the bus about four stops, and when we stopped, traffic patrol got on the bus and asked me to get up. I told him I paid my fare and said, “It’s my constitutional right!” The patrol officer yelled to the bus driver that he didn’t have any jurisdiction here.
Although Colvin didn't want to move, it was the law at that time that white passengers could choose any seat they liked.
Although the law made it clear that police had more power than bus drivers, Colvin was too angry to listen to the officer.
The law made it clear that if a black minor argued with a white adult, the minor would be arrested.
The law stated that there had to be the same number of seats for black passengers as for white passengers.
What is most closely the meaning of the word battery as it appears in the passage below?
My mother and my pastor came down and bailed me out. I had three charges: disorderly conduct, violating segregation law, and assault and battery. They dropped two charges and just kept the one, assault and battery. They said I scratched the policeman because I didn’t get up and walk, but I don’t recall scratching him.
noun | a source of electrical power derived from chemical energy
noun | a crime involving physical contact without consent
noun | a grouping of weapons
noun | a range or series of things or events
What is most closely the central idea of the following passage (paragraphs 26–28)?
Claudette Colvin: Some people, the students, were sympathetic at first. They knew my mindset and what I was thinking, but their parents persuaded them not to be involved with me because I was a troublemaker and “this wasn’t the right thing to do.” They already thought I was crazy. Before then, in the 10th grade, I had stopped straightening my hair. I was wearing my hair naturally and they started saying I was crazy for doing that. They didn’t know I would go to the extreme and disobey the bus driver. Teen Vogue: This was in the 1950s. That’s so ahead of its time, especially considering natural hair is still labeled unprofessional today. Claudette Colvin: Everybody was really really upset if their hair wasn’t straight. A lot of African American women wanted to emulate white women.
Colvin gave into the norms of society in order to gain employment.
Society has historically viewed African Americans’ natural hairstyle as unacceptable compared to white Americans’ natural hairstyle.
Colvin was an outcast in her community because she refused to straighten her hair.
Society doesn't accept curly hair as being professional, regardless of race.
Which of these passages most strongly supports the idea that African American's natural hair was historically viewed unfavorably?
“Everybody was really really upset if their hair wasn’t straight. A lot of African American women wanted to emulate white women.”
“They didn’t know I would go to the extreme and disobey the bus driver.”
“They knew my mindset and what I was thinking, but their parents persuaded them not to be involved with me because I was a troublemaker … ”
“Before then, in the 10th grade, I had stopped straightening my hair. I was wearing my hair naturally and they started saying I was crazy for doing that.”
Which of these inferences about Colvin’s African American community is best supported by the text?
Many African Americans rejected Colvin because of her explosive hatred towards white families, not because of her actions.
Many African Americans alienated Colvin largely because of her refusal to straighten her hair.
Many African Americans regret ostracizing Colvin now that she has become an important figure.
Many African Americans rejected Colvin because they were looking out for their own families.
Which of these passages most strongly supports the idea that people in the African American community were not supportive of Colvin because they were worried about their family's futures?
“I lost a lot of friends because of that. Because their mothers and fathers, the only work they had was working for white people, and they didn’t want to lose their jobs. That’s the main thing.”
“I just wanted to expose to white people what I was going through, and how African Americans were treated.”
“That arrest changed my whole life. I was ostracized by people in my community and professional people also.”
“I didn't know about depression, but I became a little depressed. I lost all my friends and really needed someone.”
Which of the following inferences is best supported by the fourth paragraph of "What to The Slave is the Fourth of July"?
But such is not the state of the case. I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine.
The speaker is jealous of those who celebrate the Fourth of July.
The speaker says his people have no reason to celebrate the Fourth of July.
The speaker loves this country right or wrong.
The speaker wishes he lived in another country.
What is most likely Frederick Douglass's reason for listing all of the jobs and professions held by Black people?
The speaker wants to show how exhausted Black people are from all their labor.
The speaker has been employed at one time or another in all of these capacities.
The speaker proves the argument that Black people are intelligent human beings.
The speaker wishes to show the difference between man and animals.
What is most likely Frederick Douglass's intent by including the following?
And let me warn you that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation whose crimes, towering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrevocable ruin! I can to-day take up the plaintive lament of a peeled and woe-smitten people! “By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yea! We wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there, they that carried us away captive, required of us a song; and they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth.”
The speaker compares the song of Babylon to American idealism.
The speaker is practicing to become a preacher.
The speaker uses threatening language to make a point.
The speaker cautions America not to become like Babylon, a slave nation that fell into ruins.
What is most likely Frederick Douglass's reason for a series of questions?
Would you have me argue that man is entitled to liberty? That he is the rightful owner of his own body? You have already declared it. Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery? Is that a question for Republicans? Is it to be settled by the rules of logic and argumentation, as a matter beset with great difficulty, involving a doubtful application of the principle of justice, hard to be understood? How should I look to-day, in the presence of Americans, dividing, and subdividing a discourse, to show that men have a natural right to freedom? Speaking of it relatively and positively, negatively and affirmatively. To do so, would be to make myself ridiculous, and to offer an insult to your understanding. There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not know that slavery is wrong for him.
He wants to show that Republicans are not to be taken seriously.
He insists that arguing the wrongfulness of slavery ridicules the person arguing and insults the listener.
The speaker believes logic and argumentation are the strongest weapons against slavery.
The speaker wishes to show he has a great sense of humor.
Which of these inferences is best supported by "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July"?
The Fourth of July should become a national day of mourning.
America has no right to criticize other nations for their violence against humanity.
All the prayerful demonstrations in America cannot cover up the hypocrisy of allowing slavery, a crime against humanity.
America is still the best country in the world.
What line in the speech best supports the idea that America does not treat all its citizens morally?
“With all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.”
“That which is inhuman, cannot be divine!”
“There is blasphemy in the thought.”
“There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour.”
What is most closely a central idea of Frederick Douglass's speech?
The speaker is advocating for forgiveness of America for a past tarnished by slavery.
The speaker wants to maintain the status quo by asking slaves not to celebrate the Fourth of July.
The speaker believes the Fourth of July offers nothing to slaves, and wants America to wake up to her conscience.
The speaker wants America to make retribution to the sons and daughters of the slaves.
Which of the following lines best supports the idea that America needs to realize the immorality of owning human beings?
“For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.”
“We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.”
“At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.”
“The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hyprocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.”
According to the "House Divided" speech, what does Lincoln believe will be the outcome of the conflict?
All states will be slave states or all states will be free states.
The Union will be disbanded to allow for independent regions.
A new Union will be formed from states in the South and North.
Some states will be slave states and other states will be free states.
Which sentence from the conclusion of the "House Divided" speech best supports the following analogy?
In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed.
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
“Two years ago the Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred thousand strong.”
“Did we brave all then to falter now?”
“The result is not doubtful.”
“We shall not fail—if we stand firm, we shall not fail.”
Which statement best characterizes Lincoln’s tone in the "House Divided" speech?
. Lincoln allows humor to guide him.
Lincoln speaks with firm confidence.
Lincoln allows his anger to show through.
Lincoln speaks uncertainty about the conflict.
Which sentence from the "House Divided" speech most strongly supports that Lincoln is confident?
“Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention,”
“If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.”
“In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed.”
“Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later the victory is sure to come.”
