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Freedom Walkers Review
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This is a review for a test over the book Freedom Walkers, by Russel Freedman
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1
What happened in the weeks and months after the buses were desegregated?
White people lined up to thank MLK
Rosa Parks’ house was burned to the ground
Some people stole E.D. Nixon’s car
A shotgun blasted into Martin Luther King’s home
2
How did Fred Gray advance the bus segregation case after Rosa Park’s appeal was thrown out?
He didn't. He gave the case to Clifford Durr.
He filed a new suit on behalf of 5 other women.
He complained to the judge until he changed his mind.
He filed a case for Parks in a different city.
3
Why was Claudette Colvin WRONGLY arrested on a bus?
She got out of her seat, but the driver lied.
She was asked to get up for no reason, and that was illegal.
She was mistaken for the woman next to her.
She didn't have to move. There were no other open seats.
4
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
Created a class to teach citizens how to pass tests to vote.
Required all citizens to pay equal poll taxes.
Allowed women the right to vote.
Outlawed poll taxes, literacy tests as requirements to vote.
5
How did the White Citizens Council try to stop the car pools?
Popped the tires of black owned cars
Urged insurance companies to cancel black drivers' policies
Made fun of carpool drivers
Urged gas stations not to sell gas to black drivers
6
Why did the NAACP decide not to use Claudette Colvin or Mary Louise Smith as their “test case”
Smith was too controversial and Colvin refused
Colvin was married to a white man and Smith was too young
Smith was ill and Colvin pled guilty
Colvin was immature and Smith pled guilty
7
What was one way that black citizens got ready to start riding buses again?
They did not prepare. They just got on the buses.
Nothing. They never rode the buses again .
They rehearsed being harrased and practicing nonviolence
They asked white friends to sit next to them on the buses.
8
Why couldn’t most boycotters just ride in taxis instead of taking the buses?
They didn’t have taxis in Montgomery at this time.
It was illegal for black people to ride in taxis.
There were no taxi drivers willing to give boycotters rides.
Taxi’s were forced to keep their expensive $.45 fare
9
Who accidentally sat in the wrong row & was almost hit by a driver because she didn't hear him?
Claudette Colvin
Rosa Parks
Coretta Scott King
JoAnne Robinson
10
What did NOT happened to MLK Jr. as a result of being the leader of the bus boycotts?
A homemade bomb was thrown through a window of his house
Someone attempted to poison him at a church breakfast.
Postcards from the KKK warned him to get out of town.
He received threatening letters and phone calls.
11
Who was Robert Graetz?
The African American principal of school
The African American owner of the bus company
The white pastor of an African American church
The white mayor of Montgomery
12
Whose death was weighing on her mind when Rosa Parks was deciding whether to fight hercharges?
Robert Graetz's
Martin Luther King's
Emmett Till's
E.D. Nixon's
13
Where did Clifford and Virginia Durr send Rosa Parks in the summer of 1955?
To Baton Rouge, where she joined a boycott there
To a barber shop, where she met Raymond
To Boston to visit family
To a school where she learned about integration
14
Why did JoAnne Robinson think that the bus company might change if she threatened a boycott?
The bus company was owned by an African American
The majority of riders were black, so they'd lose a lot of $
The bus company didn’t want bad publicity.
The bus company's owner was a reasonable man
15
How many seats were always reserved for whites on the buses in Montgomery?
32 seats (first 16 rows)
4 seats (first 2 rows)
26 seats (first 13 rows)
10 seats (first 5 rows)
16
Who was Martin Luther King’s biggest inspiration when he decided on his non-violent strategy?
Malcom X
Mahatma Gandhi
Rosa Parks
Emmett Till
17
Who helped Claudette Colvin get a lawyer to represent her in court?
Rosa Parks and the mayor of Montgomery
E.D. Nixon and Clifford Durr
Raymond Parks and Martin Luther King
Mary Louise Smith and Jim Crow
18
What did the mayor of Montgomery ask of the white citizens of the town?
To donate money to the bus company.
To take bus transportation everywhere.
To stop driving their African American maids to work.
To try to talk the boycotters into riding the buses.
19
What two things did the bus company agree to when the WPC first met with them?
More black drivers and more polite drivers
A few all black bus routes
More black drivers & more seating for black riders
More polite drivers & more bus stops in black neighborhoods
20
What did Rosa Parks say when the police officer told her she must move or he would arrest her?
“You may do that.”
“Please don’t arrest me.”
"Fine. Go ahead and arrest me."
“I will not go to jail.”
21
What happened to white librarian Juliette Morgan after writing a letter supporting the boycott?
Her front window was shattered and her car ruined with acid.
She lost her job.
She elected president, White Citizens Against Segregation
She was granted a meeting with the mayor
22
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Changed rules for lunch counters in the South
Outlawed racial discrimination in all public facilities
Outlawed segregated drinking fountains in Alabama.
Restricted police from using violence to control crowds.
23
When segregation in ___________ was ruled unconstitutional, many thought segregation would end.
trains
churches
schools
hospitals
24
Who was James Earl Ray?
The city clerk that gave Rosa Parks her voting card.
The defense lawyer for Rosa Parks.
The officer who arrested Martin Luther King Jr for speeding.
The man who shot and killed Martin Luther King Jr.
