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The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who refused to give up their seat on the bus?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Jo Ann Robinson

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

E. D. Nixon

2.

How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last?

a)

65 days

b)

381 days

c)

100 days

d)

30 days

3.

What happened once the boycott came to a conclusion?

a)

Segregation intensified

b)

Segregation on buses remained legal

c)

The boycott never came to an end

d)

Segreagation on buses became illigal

4.

What was an economic effect of the boycott on transportation?

a)

Transportation decline in economic revenue because less people were taking the bus

b)

Transportation economic revenue grew

c)

Economic gain because people stopped taking the bus

d)

Transportation decline in economic revenue because more people were taking the bus

5.

Who emerged as a leader from the Montgomery bus boycott that later became an important figure of the Civil Rights Movement.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Malcom X

d)

E. D. Nixon

6.

The NAACP is:

a)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b)

An organization which mission is to provide equality and eliminate race based discrimination.

c)

An organization that fought against segregation laws

d)

All anwers are correct

7.

Up to 90% of the Montgomery Afro American community joined the bus boycott

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What was the role of African American churches during the boycott?

a)

1. Is where leaders met to plan the boycott

b)

2. Churches didn't have any important roles

c)

3. Churches recived donations to support the boycott

d)

awnsers 1 and 3

e)

awnsers 2 and 3

9.

Who was the head of the WPC (Women's Political Council)?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

E. D Nixon

c)

Jo Ann Robinson

d)

Clifford Durr

10.

When did the The Montgomery Bus Boycott start?

a)

December 5, 1855

b)

December 5, 1955

c)

December 5, 1555

d)

December 5, 1995