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Till - The Movie

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Emmett Till born?

a)

Richmond

b)

Chicago

c)

New York

2.

Why was Emmett Till in Mississippi?

a)

To visit his family for the summer.

b)

To go on vacation.

c)

For a school field trip.

3.

Where did Emmett Till die?

a)

Richmond

b)

Alabama

c)

Money, Mississippi

d)

New York City

4.

What race was Emmett Till?

a)

Hispanic

b)

Asian

c)

American

d)

African American

5.

What was Emmitt's age when he was murdered in a lynching?

a)

12

b)

11

c)

16

d)

14

6.

What did Emmett Till do?

a)

whistled at a white women

b)

wave at a black women

c)

talked to a white kid

7.

Who was Emmett Till 's mother?

a)

Mamie Till

b)

Medgar Evers

c)

Callie Lyons

d)

Beyonce Till

8.

What decision did Emmett's mother make that impacted the Civil Rights movement?

a)

Spoke out on the news

b)

Testified in court

c)

Had an open casket funeral

d)

Marched in Mississippi

9.

Did Emmett Till's uncle testify at the murder trial?

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

What did the County Sheriff say at the Till murder trial?

a)

Nothing

b)

The victim was easily identified.

c)

That the whole thing was just an NAACP plot.

d)

That Emmitt Till was dead.

11.

T or F- Mamie Till testified at her son's murder trial that the body that was found was Emmitts.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What was the verdict in the Emmett Till murder trial?

a)

Guilty

b)

Not Guilty

c)

Hung Jury, Retrial

d)

None of the answer choices

13.

The Emmett Till murder, Mamie Till's courageous decision to have an open casket funeral, and the subsequent murder trial helped ignite....

a)

a fire

b)

the Vietnam War.

c)

The Civil Rights Movement

d)

Jim Crow laws.

14.

What happened to the murder suspects in Emmett Till's trial after the trial was over? (Be somewhat specific. You have 3 minutes.)

4 lines
15.

Fill in the Blank: The _______________________ was officially signed into law in March 2022.

a)

Civil Rights act of 1957

b)

Space Force Act

c)

Jim Crow Act

d)

Emmett Till Antilynching Act