Wordly Wise: Level 6-Lesson 2

The Civil Rights movement began in the 1950s. Its purpose was to end the _____ of Americans because of their race. 

• segration
• degrading
• arrogant
• integrated

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

There were signs saying "Whites Only" in many palces. Having to drink from separate drinking fountains was _____ to African Americans.

• segration
• degrading
• arrogant
• integrated

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

There was a belief that African Americans were inferior. Unfortunately, such _____ views ere not unusual at the time.

• segration
• degrading
• arrogant
• integrated

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

African American children and white children were kept apart. At that time in the South, _____ schools were rate. 

• segration
• degrading
• arrogant
• integrated

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great American. He _____ tirelessly to make America a fairer and more just nation. 

• campaigned
• supreme
• boycotted
• vacate

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

Dr. King accomplished a great deal during his short life. His _____ achievement was to show that nonviolent resistance to injustice actually worked.

• campaigned
• supreme
• boycotted
• vacate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

In 1955, African Americans made a nonviolent protest against the injustices they suffered. They _____ the Birmingham bus system. 

• campaigned
• supreme
• boycotted
• vacate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

The protest began when Rosa Parks remained seated when told to move to the back of the bus. By refusing to ___ her seat, she had broken the law. 

• campaigned
• supreme
• boycotted
• vacate

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

Rosa Parks resented being told to give up her seat. She felt that her dignity had been _____.

• violated 
• custody
• detained
• verdict

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

The bus driver reacted quickly. Rosa Parks was taken off the bus and remained in the ___ of the Montgomery police officers for the next three hours. 

• violated 
• custody
• detained
• verdict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4