Rosa Parks My Story
Chapters 7-9
Vocabulary in Context - Define each term as it is used in the context of the book.
1.) Secede: to make a formal withdraw of membership
Quote: "He was referring to the fact that the southern states had seceded from the Union before the Civil War." (p.94)
2.) Repudiate: to reject with denial
Quote: "They took out ads in the papers repudiating their women."(p.96)
3.) Repercussion: an effect or result
Quote: "I felt that I could express myself honestly with out any repercussions or antagonistic attitudes from other people." (p.107)
4.) Indignant: feeling or showing anger
Quote: "Over the years she'd had her share of run-ins with bus drivers, but at first she couldn't get the other women in the Council to get indignat." (p.110)
5.) Gall: something bigger
Quote: "What galled her, and many more of us, was that blacks were over sixty-six percent of the riders." (p.110)
6.) Consent: to approve
Quote: "I was getting an NAACP workshop together for the 3rd and 4th of December, and I was trying to get the consent of Mr. H. Council Trenholm at Alabama State to have the Saturday meeting at the college." (p.113)
7.) Neglect: ignore
8.) Agitator: a person who agitates for or against a cause.
Quote: "They also wanted to rule out the NAACP so that the powers that be could not charge that this demonstration, this show of strength, was being led by outside agitators." (p.135)
9.) Oppression: act of insisting
Quote: " ...tired of being kicked about by the brutal feet of oppression." (p.138)
10.) Courteous: polite
Quote: "Courteous treatment on the buses" (p.140)
Comprehension Questions - Answer all questions using complete
sentences. You do NOT need to provide quotes.
1.) How did the Highlander School affect Rosa's life?
The Highlander School affected Rosa's life by black and white people treating everybody equally.
2.) Why did so few African-American lawyers come to work in the South?
African-American lawyers come to work in the south because there is very bad segregation in the South. The only two lawyers were Fred Gray and Charles Langford.
3.) What impact did Brown vs. Board of Education decision have on the country?
The impact that Brown vs. Board of Education had on the country is that Blacks wanted to get equal things. For Example, White Schools have a lot of books and Black Schools have not that much books in their library.
4.) How did Rosa's experience with the bus driver 12 years earlier impact her on December 1, 1955?
Rosa's experience with the bus driver 12 years earlier impacted her on December 1, 1955 because it was the bus driver that she got kicked off 12 years ago and the same one on December 1, 1955.
5.) Why does Rosa include the story about the woman who
was in the cell with her when she explains her experience being
arrested?
Rosa includes the story about the woman who was in the cell with her because she was also a black woman who was being treated unfairly to when a white person just hit her on the head for no reason and she charged after him and then she ended up in jail and the white man didn't.
1.) Secede: to make a formal withdraw of membership
Quote: "He was referring to the fact that the southern states had seceded from the Union before the Civil War." (p.94)
2.) Repudiate: to reject with denial
Quote: "They took out ads in the papers repudiating their women."(p.96)
3.) Repercussion: an effect or result
Quote: "I felt that I could express myself honestly with out any repercussions or antagonistic attitudes from other people." (p.107)
4.) Indignant: feeling or showing anger
Quote: "Over the years she'd had her share of run-ins with bus drivers, but at first she couldn't get the other women in the Council to get indignat." (p.110)
5.) Gall: something bigger
Quote: "What galled her, and many more of us, was that blacks were over sixty-six percent of the riders." (p.110)
6.) Consent: to approve
Quote: "I was getting an NAACP workshop together for the 3rd and 4th of December, and I was trying to get the consent of Mr. H. Council Trenholm at Alabama State to have the Saturday meeting at the college." (p.113)
7.) Neglect: ignore
8.) Agitator: a person who agitates for or against a cause.
Quote: "They also wanted to rule out the NAACP so that the powers that be could not charge that this demonstration, this show of strength, was being led by outside agitators." (p.135)
9.) Oppression: act of insisting
Quote: " ...tired of being kicked about by the brutal feet of oppression." (p.138)
10.) Courteous: polite
Quote: "Courteous treatment on the buses" (p.140)
Comprehension Questions - Answer all questions using complete
sentences. You do NOT need to provide quotes.
1.) How did the Highlander School affect Rosa's life?
The Highlander School affected Rosa's life by black and white people treating everybody equally.
2.) Why did so few African-American lawyers come to work in the South?
African-American lawyers come to work in the south because there is very bad segregation in the South. The only two lawyers were Fred Gray and Charles Langford.
3.) What impact did Brown vs. Board of Education decision have on the country?
The impact that Brown vs. Board of Education had on the country is that Blacks wanted to get equal things. For Example, White Schools have a lot of books and Black Schools have not that much books in their library.
4.) How did Rosa's experience with the bus driver 12 years earlier impact her on December 1, 1955?
Rosa's experience with the bus driver 12 years earlier impacted her on December 1, 1955 because it was the bus driver that she got kicked off 12 years ago and the same one on December 1, 1955.
5.) Why does Rosa include the story about the woman who
was in the cell with her when she explains her experience being
arrested?
Rosa includes the story about the woman who was in the cell with her because she was also a black woman who was being treated unfairly to when a white person just hit her on the head for no reason and she charged after him and then she ended up in jail and the white man didn't.