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What signs did we see that segregate the races?
Separate water fountains, sinks, segregated businesses and transportation
What happened in Montgomery that brought blacks together to protest their treatment?
Rosa parks was arrested for not giving up her seat for a white man
What did the white people in the restaurants do to the peaceful protesters?
They beat them and had them arrested
What is the best word to define the separation of blacks and whites on the bus?
boycott
civil rights
mistreatment
segregation
segregation
How many days did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
381
What was the average yearly income for a black person in Mississippi in the 1950s?
$700
What did the mob at Central High School do to the nine black students who tried to integrate the school in Little Rock, Arkansas?
They harassed, cursed and threatened them
What philosophy did the movement use?
Nonviolence
Protest peacefully
What is the purpose of a boycott?
to hurt a business financially
Who wrote the letter from Birmingham Jail?
Martin Luther King, Jr
Emmett Till's mother wanted an open casket for her son. How did this help the movement?
The world saw what they did to her son
How did the nine teenagers typically get to school?
In an army station wagon with people behind them and with bodyguards
In Virginia and the Carolinas, the freedom riders suffered intimidation. What happened once they got to the Deep South?
They surrounded the bus, slashed the tires, started shooting people on the bus, and set it on fire
In the summer of 1964, hundreds of college students from the north traveled to Mississippi to ______.
a) attend the funerals of the girls killed in the church bombing.
b) support the bus boycott.
c) march with Martin Luther King, Jr.
d) help blacks register to vote.
d) help blacks register to vote.
Which of the following is false regarding the Voting Rights Registration Drives?
a) Black people didn't vote because it was too dangerous.
b) White people would burn down the houses of black people who voted, sometimes even killing them.
c) Students from the North came to help Black people in the South get registered to vote.
d) The drive was largely unsuccessful, as not many people registered because of it.
d) The drive was largely unsuccessful, as not many people registered because of it.
What does it mean when the film says that Mose Wright "knew his place?"
He knew the customs of the south and how to behave
The Little Rock Nine inspired young college students to action. What was the first thing they organized in the winter of 1960?
They sat in restaurants that refused to serve colored people
What happened during the Sunday morning bombing at the Birmingham sixteen Baptist church?
Four girls who attended Sunday school at a church that the KKK bombed.
What was Jimmie Lee Jackson doing when he was killed?
Jimmie was protecting his mother and grandfather from being beaten.
Which victory followed Bloody Sunday?
The Federal Government passed laws to protect voting rights.