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What did the African American Community do as a result of Rosa Park's arrest?
a) They all took seats in the front of the bus
b) They spread themselves around the busses to prevent whites from having seats
c) They boycotted the busses and carpooled to work
d) They caused fights and disruptions on the bus.

Why was Rosa Parks arrested?
a) She would not allow white people to enter the bus she was riding.
b) She was chanting and singing and created a disturbance on the bus.
c) She was holding a sign that said Integrate Busses Now!!
d) She would not give up her seat to a white man.

true or False - the governor of Arkansas hired the National Guard to help the African American Students enter the school.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

True or False - President Eisenhower used the military to enforce school integration.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What happened to the African American students in Little Rock High School?
a) The students had a peaceful and productive year in the High School
b) Everyone accepted them and they were allowed to participate in everything that the white students could join.
c) The students were continually harassed and were prevented from joining sports and clubs.
d) all of the above

What was the name of the first African American baseball player to play on an all white pro baseball team?
a) Jesse Owens
b) Thurgood Marshall
c) Jackie Robinson
d) Langston Hughes

True or False - Jim Crow laws segregated school too.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What was the name of the law that required schools to allow African American and white children to attend together?
a) Plessy vs. Fergusen
b) Dred Scott vs. Sanford
c) Brown Vs. Board of Education
d) Marbury vs. Madison

Who were the Little Rock Nine?
a) The Little Rock Champion baseball team
b) The supreme court justices of Little Rock Arkansas
c) The nine leaders of the white southern anti integration association
d) The first nine African American students to attend an all white high school

True or False - In 1948, President Truman believed that the military should still be segregated.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

True or False - Jim Crow laws made it illegal for an African American and a white person to play cards
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What was the Harlem Renaissance?
a) A time when African Americans were free to live in New York
b) A time when African American Art, writing and music grew and flourished.
c) A time when people in harlem had equal rights.
d) A time where African Americans fought with everyone that tried to keep them down

True or False - Segregation on public transportation became illegal in 1956
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What was the name of the Civil Rights Leader that promoted peace and nonviolence?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Thurgood Marshall
d) Jackie Robinson

True or False - Sit-ins are a form of passive Resistance
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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