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Grade 5 Civil Rights
Emmett Till was visiting relatives in Chicago when he was killed.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Emmett Till was      14      years old when he was murdered.
Grade 5 Civil Rights
           Cracking            is the splitting up of voters of one type into many different districts to ensure that they do not have a majority in any of them.
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Who was the 14 year old negro boy from Chicago that was beaten, shot and thrown into the river by white men while visiting relatives in Mississippi?
  1. Emmitt Till
  2. Jame Chaney
  3. George Winston Lee
  4. Jimmie Lee Jackson
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Inspired by the protestors in Greensboro, activists in other cities across the south began to stage sit-ins as well.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
What was the name of Frederick Douglass' abolitionist newspaper?
  1. The Liberator
  2. The North Star
  3. Freedom's Journal
  4. The Granite Freeman
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Frederick Douglass was a supporter of the "back to Africa" movement.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
The 1971 Supreme Court case of Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education established          busing          as a means to force desegregation of schools.
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Rosa Parks's decision to not give up her seat on the bus was influenced by the murder of Emmett Till.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Having taught himself to read, Frederick Douglass, while working for William Freeland, taught the other slaves how to read the Bible.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Frederick Douglass was taught the alphabet by his master's sister-in-law.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
How many students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University took place in the first sit-in at the Greensboro Woolworth's?
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 8
Grade 5 Civil Rights
By the fourth day 300 students from three colleges and a high school had joined the sit-ins.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Due to the large number of students participating in the sit-ins, activists chose to protest at a Walgreens store as well on the sixth day.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Due to sales falling by a third, stores targeted by the protestors eventually decided to end their segregationist policies.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
While in England, funds were raised to buy Frederick Douglass' freedom.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
The photograph of Emmett Till's body from Jet Magazine was selected by Time Magazine as one of the most influential images.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Emmett Till was taken from his uncle's house in the middle of the night by Roy Bryant and his half brother John Milam.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil Rights
Emmett Till was murdered in what year?
  1. 1923
  2. 1955
  3. 1964
  4. 1976
Grade 5 Civil Rights
FBI records indicate that Emmett Till truly did whistle at Carolyn Bryant in the store.
  1. True
  2. False
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