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WorksheetsGhost of Mississippi
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The opening of the movie a speech way given on Civil Right by
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A. Phillip Randolph
Who was the man who was shot in the opening of the movie
Charlie Evers
Dr. Martin Luther King
Medgar Evers
Malcom X
Where was the man shot in the movie?
On the street
In his car
On his porch
In his drive way
Where in Mississippi was the setting of the movie
Jackson, MS
Hattiesburg, MS
Biloxi, MS
Vicksburg, MS
Who shot Medgar Evers?
Lee Harvey Oswald
James
Earl Ray
Byron De La Beckwith
Sirhan Sirhan
What year was Evers killed
1961
1962
1963
1965
Who was the Governor that shook Beckwith hand at the first trial
Ross Barnett
Russell Moore
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
What was the result of the first two trial of Beckwith for the murder of Evers in the 1960's?
Both were not guilty verdicts
The first was a mistrial and the second was not guilty verdict.
The first was a mistrial and the second was a guilty verdict.
Both were mistrial
Where was the gun in the murder found?
At Beckwith home.
the prosecutors in laws home
In Beck with Car
In Evers' Back yard
What was was the first name of Evers wife?
Myrile
Sherilyn
Marilyn
Coretta
Who was the lawyer who prosecuted the third murder case?
F. Lee Bailey
Bobby DeLaughter
Marsha Clark
Chris Darden
Why did Evers brother say he could not go to the trail
It was too far.
He would strangle Beckwith and snap his neck.
He would shoot Beckwith.
His did not he would be convicted.
What did Beckwith say to the lawyer in the bathroom
"I have come to lead you to the other shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice."
"I came, I saw, I conquered"
"Free at last free at last thank God almighty I'm free at last"
"You can't fight fate"
What happen at the end?
Beckwith died before the trial ended
Beckwith was convicted of murder
Beckwith trail ended in a hung jury
Beckwith was convicted for assault
