Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Chapter 1 Quiz

What is an ordinance?

• dance routine

• city laws

• a movie

• a bus

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CCSS.L.8.4A

True or false? Jim Crow made everyone equal.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.8

There were varying bus segregation laws all over the United States, except for in

• the South

• the North

• Montgomery, AL

• Selma, AL

Who, other than the police, was expected to enforce Jim Crow laws in Montgomery?

• all white citizens

• teachers

• bus driviers

• restaurant workers

How old was Claudette Colvin when she sat on the bus?

• 16

• 14

• 13

• 15

During the 1950s in the South, the whole system of racial segregation was known as -

• Constitution

• Bill of RIghts

• Integration Laws

• Jim Crow

Chapter 1 includes "detested number ten"- what does this mean?

• she hated the rule: 10 seats in front of the bus were reserved for whites

• she accepted the rule: 10 seats were saved in the front for whites

• 10 people were arrested for violating bus laws in Montgomery

• There were 10 seats in the back reserved for blacks

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

What court case integrated schools?

• Loving v. Virginia

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Mr. Brooks death was ruled as ________________ homicide.

• 1st degree murder

• offensive

• justifiable

• manslaughter

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

Who is the author of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice?

• Claudette Colvin

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Oprah Winfrey

• Phillip Hoose