History of Separatism
This story is about:
a. the life of Mexican farmers
b. how Sylvia's family fought to let Mexicans and all children attend white schools
c. how Sylvia's family came to America
What is:
b. how Sylvia's family fought to let Mexicans and all children attend white schools
The name of the main character:
a. Maria
b. Sylvia
c. Gonzalo
Who is:
b. Sylvia
This is a story that takes place in:
a. Connecticut
b. California
c. Mexico
What is:
b. California
The main problem in this story was:
a. White children were not allowed to go to school
b. Mexican children were not allowed to go to school with white children
c. the Mendez family wanted to go to Mexico
What is:
b. Mexican children were not allowed to go to school with white children
True or False:
Today, children of all colors can go to school with each other all over the United States.
What is:
True
Segregation means:
a. to be alike with the same skin color
b. to have the same rights
c. to be separated usually because of skin color
What is:
c. to be separated usually because of skin color
Sylvia's last name:
a. Johnson
b. Mendoza
c. Mendez
What is:
c. Mendez
The time period of this story is:
a. 1940's
b. 2021
c. 3000's
What is:
a. 1940's
The school's secretary gave enrollment forms for Aunt Soledad's children and not for Sylvia and her brothers because:
a. Sylvia and her brothers were not old enough for school
b. Aunt Soledad's daughters were too light skinned
c. Sylvia and her brothers were Mexican and had darker brown skin than her cousins
What is:
c. Sylvia and her brothers were Mexican and had darker brown skin than her cousins
On April 15th, 1947 the judges in the Court of Appeals in San Francisco after the first trial:
a. ruled in favor of Sylvia's family again
b. arrested Sylvia's family
c. made Sylvia's family move to Mexico
What is
a. ruled in favor of Sylvia's family again
True or False:
Years ago, all children could go to school together no matter what skin color they were.
What is:
False
The character that started a petition so his children could go to the Westminster school:
a. Sylvia's father
b. Sylvia's grandfather
c. Sylvia's Aunt Soledad
Who was:
a. Sylvia's father
The name of the school where Sylvia wanted to go was:
a. Charter Oak
b. Westminster School
c. the Mexican school
What is:
b. Westminster School
In 1945, Mr. Marcus filed a lawsuit to show that:
a. the segregation of children in schools were wrong
b. segregation was the right thing to do
c. all children should go to schools like the Mexican school
What is:
a. the segregation of children in schools were wrong
To help him fight against the law that kept Mexican children from going to school with white children, Mr. Mendez:
a. hired a boxer
b. hired a guard dog named Brutus
c. hired a lawyer named Mr. Marcus
What is:
c. hired a lawyer named Mr. Marcus
The schools were Mexican and other children of color attended were inferior to the white schools meaning:
a. they were nicer than the white schools
b. they were the same as the white schools
c. they were not as nice as the white schools (they were small, in poor condition and didn't have teachers that cared about the students' education)
What is:
c. they were not as nice as the white schools (they were small, in poor condition and didn't have teachers that cared about the students' education)
The first person who tried to register Sylvia and her brothers in the Westminster school:
a. Aunt Jennie
b. Uncle Edwardo
c. Aunt Soledad
Who was:
c. Aunt Soledad
Sylvia and her family had moved from a crowded city in Santa Ana, California to nearby Westminster on:
a. an apartment
b. a farm
c. the beach
What is:
b. a farm
Many of the families that Mr. Mendez tried to get to sign the petition against not letting their children attend the white school were:
a. happy to sign up
b. scared to sign up because many of them worked for white families
c. happy with their children attending the Mexican school
What is:
b. scared to sign up because many of them worked for white families
The educational specialists in the court hearing explained why it was bad to segregate and stated that:
a. Public schools is where all children could go in order to let people understand one another and live together
b. Public schools were terrible places for children to go
c. Private schools were better for all children
What is:
a. Public schools is where all children could go in order to let people understand one another and live together
True or False:
Many people fought for equal rights so that people of all colors can be treated fairly and make segregation and separation laws illegal.
What is:
True
Mr. Harris was:
a. superintendent of the Westminster School
b. Mr. Mendez's boss
c. Aunt Soledad's husband
Who was:
a. superintendent of the Westminster School
The school that was inferior, made of clapboard, did not have a playground and was located besides a cow pasture:
a. the Puerto Rican school
b. the Westminster school
c. the Mexican school
What was:
c. the Mexican school
After the first trial when the judge in Los Angeles ruled in favor of Sylvia's family, the school board appealed the judge's decision which meant:
a. Sylvia's family had to go back to court again
b. Sylvia's family was deported out of the country
c. Sylvia's family lost their farm
What is:
a. Sylvia's family had to go back to court again
In the end, the judge decided that:
a. Children needed to stay separated by race
b. It was illegal for Mexican children to attend school
c. All children could attend the same school together regardless of their race, color or language
What is:
c. All children could attend the same school together regardless of their race, color or language