WorksheetsRosa Parks Biography
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Rosa Parks was born in ____
1913
1920
1915
1911
Where was Rosa Parks born?
Birmingham
Richmond
Tuskegee
Springfield
When was Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white man?
22 January 1945
26 April 1942
8 August 1954
1 December 1955
Who led the Montgomery bus boycott?
William Du Bois
Ida Bell Wells
Martin Luther King
Mary Ovington
When did the Montgomery bus boycott end?
6 March 1960
20 December 1956
19 September 1958
3 October 1959
Which organization established Rosa Parks Freedom Award?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Niagara Movement
Montgomery Improvement Association
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
When did Rosa Parks cofound Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development?
1971
1977
1987
1998
When did Rosa Parks die?
5 January 2000
9 April 1999
26 August 1992
24 October 2005
Where did Rosa Parks die?
Palm Springs
Detroit
Chicago
Olympia
What happened after people stopped riding the buses?
The law about where you can sit so buses changed.
People moved to a new city.
The police arrested everyone.
The buses stopped running.
What happened to Rosa Parks after she refused to move?
She was kicked off the bus.
She was arrested.
She was left alone.
She was given a medal.
Why did the police arrest Rosa Parks?
She refused to give her seat to a white person.
She stole bread from the grocery store.
She was speeding.
She wasn't wearing her seatbelt.
Why didn't Rosa Parks give up her seat?
She thought the law was unfair.
She had too many bags to get up.
She didn't know anyone wanted the seat.
She was sleeping.
Why is Rosa Parks considered to be a hero?
She helped to end segregation in the U.S.
She got married.
She earned her high school diploma.
She ended Racism
How long did the bus boycott last?
1 month
3 months
13 months
1 year
What is it called when people are separated based on race?
Segregation
Civil Rights
Prohibition
Suffrage
Boycotting
What civil rights group did Rosa and her husband Raymond join?
ACLU
NOW
AARP
NAACP
None of the above
What did the people of Montgomery do to help support Rosa and to fight back?
They rioted in the streets
They destroyed most of the city buses
They boycotted by refusing to ride the city buses
All of the above
How much was the fine that Rosa Parks refused to pay because she said she was not guilty of any crime?
$10
$30
$50
$100
$500
Where did Rosa Parks move in 1957 and live out the rest of her life?
New York
Michigan
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
What is Rosa Parks most famous for?
Being the first black student to attend a white elementary school in the South
Refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man
She was a nurse during the Civil War who founded the American Red Cross
The first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Being an escaped slave who worked on the Underground Railroad
Did Rosa Parks have any siblings?
Yes
No
What was Rosa Parks Brother's name
Sylvester McCauley
James McCauley
Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm X
What was Rosa Parks's Mothers name
Leona McCauley
James F. Blake
Ruby Bridges
Martha Luther Queen
What was Rosa Parks's Dad's name
James McCauley
Raymond Parks
E. D. Nixon
Fred Gray
What was the name of the bus driver that told Rosa Parks to get to the back of the bus
James Blake
Tyler Durden
John Adams
John Wayne
What did Rosa Parks work as before she was a civil rights activist?
Secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP
Jobless
Security guard
What was Rosa Parks's husband's job?
Barber
Nurse
Police Officer
What was Rosa Parks's Mom's Job
Teacher
Principal
Cashier
What was Rosa Park's dad's job
Carpenter
Teacher
Janitor
Barber
