Who was trained at the Highlander Folk School before refusing to give up a seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
Checkpoint 32: TN Contributes to the Civil Rights (5.50)

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Janie Gore
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Malcolm X
Emmett Till
Ruby Bridges
Rosa Parks
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was unique about the Highlander Folk School during the Civil Rights era?
White and Black students learned to work against segregation together.
White and Black students learned to work in support of the First Amendment separately.
White and Black students learned to work in support of the First Amendment together.
White and Black students learned to work against segregation separately.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why are the Clinton Twelve famous?
They were students who participated in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
They were students who integrated the first public school in Tennessee.
They were students who lived in Tent City in Fayette County.
They were students who refused to attend school until it was integrated.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What action did the Clinton Twelve take to try to stay safe?
They lived next to each other in Tent City.
They attended training workshops at the Highlander Folk School.
They walked to school together every day.
They only went places where there were other African Americans.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What was the original goal of the Highlander Folk School when it opened in the 1930s?
to train factory workers
to end racial segregation
to organize the war effort
to improve the lives of poor Southerners
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why were some African Americans evicted from their homes in Fayette County during the 1950s?
African Americans in the area voted in an election and local White people did not like it.
African Americans who were evicted did not pay their mortgages or rent.
African Americans who were evicted refused to buy food in local stores.
African Americans in the area organized a tent city and local White people did not like it.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Tent City develop?
A. African Americans in Fayette County wanted to protest Jim Crow laws.
B. African Americans in Fayette County did not have enough money to find housing after being evicted from their homes.
C. African Americans in Fayette County wanted to end school segregation.
D. African Americans in Fayette County wanted to protest working conditions.
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