Civil Rights Leaders

What is most likely the author’s reason for mentioning that Rosa Parks was “an active member of the local NAACP” in Paragraph 2?

• To suggest that she was on her way to a civil rights meeting that day

• To establish that Parks was already familiar with current issues facing African Americans

• To show that Parks already knew Martin Luther King, Jr.

• To suggest that she was being targeted by the bus driver that day

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the meaning of “I knew I had the strength of my ancestors with me” as it is used in Paragraph 3?

• Parks was confident that other African Americans on board the bus would fight back against the driver with her.

• Parks was aware that legal decisions in situations like this one had historically favored African Americans.

• Parks reminded herself that past generations of African Americans had dealt with even harsher circumstances.

• Parks carried a locket given to her by her grandmother that she held onto when she needed strength.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the meaning of the sentence which states it was “not just an accident that the civil rights movement began on a city bus” as it is used in Paragraph 7?

• The NAACP planned to challenge the bus laws by sending Rosa Parks on the bus and having her refuse the driver’s instructions.

• Civil rights leaders saw no progress in their attempts to integrate trains and pushed all their resources toward buses.

• Public transportation had long been a battleground for segregation laws.

• Martin Luther King, Jr. first came up with his “I Have a Dream” speech while riding on a Montgomery bus.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is a central idea of “The Story Behind the Bus”?

• Civil rights leaders had been waiting for an ideal case to present a strong challenge to segregation laws.

• Bus companies and segregation laws had not been challenged until Parks refused to give up her seat.

• Jim Crow laws would still be in place if not for the Montgomery bus incident.

• Parks’s challenge to the bus law was successful because it was spontaneous.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to question 5?

• “On this bus on that day, Rosa Parks initiated a new era in the American quest for freedom and equality.”

• “Mrs. Parks appealed her conviction and thus formally challenged the legality of segregation.”

• “Under Jim Crow customs and laws, it was relatively easy to separate the races in every area of life except transportation.”

• “However, both were rejected because black leaders felt they would not gain white support.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which of the following choices best explains what caused the Montgomery Bus Boycott to end?

• A. African Americans refused to ride the buses in Montgomery ever again.

• B. African American leaders compromised and decided to call an end to it before they could achieve victory.

• C. Montgomery was forced to integrate the buses after the Supreme Court struck down existing laws.

• D. Courts ruled in the Plessy v. Ferguson case that African Americans could have their own bus line, so long as it was separate but equal.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Which word means:

Separation of people based on race?

• integrated

• segregation

• volatile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which civil rights leader is known for delivering the 'I Have a Dream' speech?

• A) Malcolm X

• B) Martin Luther King Jr.

• C) Rosa Parks

• D) Harriet Tubman

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the primary theme of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech?

• A) Economic prosperity

• B) Racial equality

• C) Political power

• D) Technological advancement

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which civil rights leader refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• A) Rosa Parks

• B) Sojourner Truth

• C) Harriet Tubman

• D) Coretta Scott King

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10