Vocab Lesson 2 Review

detained

It was uncertain how long she would be held at the police station. She hoped she would not be ________________ there overnight.

integrated

African American children and white children were kept apart. At that time in the South, _______________ schools were rare.

verdict

Civil Rights lawyers fought the case through the court system. They wanted Rosa Parks's guilty _______________ overturned.

supreme

Dr. King accomplished a great deal during his short life. His ________________ achievement was to show that nonviolent resistance to injustice actually worked.

campaigned

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great American. He ________________ tirelessly to make America a fairer and more just nation.

boycotted

In 1955, African Americans made a nonviolent protest against the injustices they suffered. They ________________ the Birmingham bus system.

triumph

In 1956, the highest court in the land ordered the bus company to treat everyone alike. African Americans everywhere felt ________________ when they heard the news.

extended

In 1989 Rosa Parks was honored by the president. An invitation was ________________ to her to visit the White House.

violated

Rosa Parks resented being told to give up her seat. She felt that her dignity had been _________________.

ceremony

Rosa Parks's former home has been put on the National Register of Historic Places. The event took place in 2002, and the 88-year-old Ms. Parks attended the _________________.

segregation

The Civil Rights Movement began in the 1950s. Its purpose was to end the _____________ of Americans because of their race.

custody

The bus driver reacted quickly. Rosa Parks was taken off the bus and remained in the __________________ of Montgomery police officers for the next three hours.

vacate

The protest began when Rosa Parks remained seated when told to move to the back of the bus. By refusing to ________________ her seat, she had broken the law.

arrogant

There was belief that African Americans were inferior. Unfortunately, such ______________ views were not unusual at that time.

degrading

There were signs saying "Whites Only" in many places. Having to drink from separate drinking fountains was ____________ to African Americans.