Scholastic News - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Choose the correct definition for the word ambition.

• kept in an original state or protected

• something a person hopes to do or achieve

• related to the national government

Select the best answer for the use of the word ambition. Remember the word ambition is something a person hopes to do or achieve.

• The U of M basketball team has shown great ambition this year as they won the Big 10 championship.

• I threw my ambition out yesterday, it smelled.

• Turn that ambition down, it is too loud.

Choose the correct definition for the word federal.

• kept in an original state or protected

• something a person hopes to do or achieve

• related to the national government

Select the sentence that uses the word federal correctly in a sentence. Remember the word federal is related to the national government.

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a federal judge.

• The federal was late to Ginsburg's house.

• Ginsburg didn't use the federal yesterday.

The main purpose of the article is to ______________________.

• show what law school was like in the 1950s

• explain different kinds of discrimination

• describe one woman's fight for equal rights

• explain the Supreme Court

Which of these events happened last?

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg clerked for a judge.

• Ginsburg became a Supreme Court justice.

• Ginsburg began working for the ACLU

• Ginsburg graduated from law school

Which is an example of one of Ginsburg's ambitions?

• struggling to find a job

• being born in Brooklyn, New York

• becoming a Supreme Court justice

• filing a lawsuit against Rutgers

Why did Ginsburg struggle to find a job?

• She wasn't qualified for the jobs.

• Most companies refused to hire women.

• She was too young.

• She needed too much time off to be with her kids.

Ginsburg fought for equality for ______.

• men

• women

• all

• children

How long did Ginsburg serve on the Supreme court?

• 27 years

• 5 years

• 20 years

• 30 years