Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus

What did Rosa Parks refuse to do on December 1, 1955?

• give up her bus seat to a white person

• ride on the Montgomery city bus

• give up on the Montgomery Bus Boycott

• accept second-class citizenship

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was the direct effect of Rosa Park’s civil disobedience?

• Other African-Americans refused to give up their bus seats.

• African-Americans realized they were being treated unjustly.

• African-Americans boycotted the Montgomery buses.

• December 1st became a national holiday.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What is this passage mostly about?

• the legacy of Rosa Parks

• the Montgomery Bus Boycott

• desegregation of public transportation

• the merits of civil disobedience

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Read the following sentence.

Rosa Parks may not have been planning to make history, but her defiance spurred a movement that advanced our journey toward justice and equality for all.”

What does “defiance” mean as used in this sentence?

• act of stopping something from happening

• permission to do something

• refusal to obey someone or something

• act of accepting the authority of someone

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Through the Montgomery Bus Boycott, African-Americans showed they were tired of being treated as inferior to white Americans. What evidence from the passage best supports this conclusion?

• “Though Rosa Parks was not the first to confront the injustice of segregation laws, her courageous act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.”

• “Ordinary men, women, and children sent the extraordinary message that second-class citizenship was unacceptable.”

• “Their resilience in the face of fierce violence and intimidation ultimately led to the desegregation of public transportation systems across our country.”

• “Rather than ride in the back of buses, families and friends walked. Neighborhoods and churches formed carpools.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1