Lesson 4- Organizing to Demand Rights

Question 1

Why did Parks refuse to give up her seat on the bus?

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She was tired of being treated as a second-class citizen.

Question 2

Read this passage from a speech given by Martin Luther King about the bus boycott, and then answer the question.According to Dr. King, what is the “glory of America”?

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The right to protest

Question 3

What do the headlines show about reaction to the boycott?

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It was sometimes violent.

Question 4

According to the last front page, fiftyfive hundred✔ five thousand people were at the first boycott meeting.

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✔ five thousand

Question 5

Martin Luther King was arrested. [___]

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4

Question 6

Which statement best describes Rosa Parks?She spent her whole life fighting to improve life in Alabama.She became involved in the civil rights movement by accident.She and her husband had long been active in the civil rights movement.

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She and her husband had long been active in the civil rights movement.

Question 7

Herbert and her husband spoke out against . When came about, Herbert sat at a lunch counter with several black customers.

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integration

Question 8

Question 28

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fifty; five thousand

Question 9

What led Bradford to challenge the segregated bus system?

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She was tired of being treated unfairly.

Question 10

When Jim Crow laws✔ integrationthe Montgomery Bus Boycott came about, Herbert sat at a lunch counter with several black customers.

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✔ integration

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