#5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading teacher Created Resources #5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Warm-Up
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26 The Gibson Homer ©Teacher Created Resources 99 #5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Warm-Up Check Your Understanding / 4 Name ______________________________________________ 1. Which famous African American is being compared to Homer Plessy in the passage? a. Martin Luther King Jr. c. Jackie Robinson b. Rosa Parks d. none of the above 2. From the context of the passage, which of the following is closest in meaning to segregated? a. separate and apart c. to have different jobs b. illegal d. to live in a special house 3. Which of the following is an example of a unanimous decision? a. You and a friend decide to go to the same movie. b. Your brother wants lasagna for dinner, but you want salad. c. Your mom and dad tell you that you are “grounded.” d. both a and c 4. From the context of the passage, what can you infer about the personality and character of Homer Plessy? a. He didn’t give up easily. c. He didn’t like riding streetcars. b. He was willing to fight to stop an injustice. d. both a and b Rosa Parks was not the first African American to refuse to give up her seat on a segregated public bus. In fact, the first “bus” was a city streetcar in New Orleans, Louisiana. The year was 1892. A streetcar was a kind of small train running on rails along the streets of the city. Homer Plessy couldn’t find a seat in the “colored” section of the streetcar. He simply moved up to an empty seat in front, even though it was reserved for whites. The conductor of the car immediately had Plessy arrested. He had violated a state law. This law forbade any mixing of the races in most public places. This included streetcars, hotels, and restaurants. Plessy was as brave as Rosa Parks would be sixty-three years later. He challenged the legality of this state law. This law was the basic tool for enforcing the separation of the races throughout the South. However, the lower courts all ruled against him. They ruled that the state had a right to force these restrictions on African Americans. Homer didn’t quit. He took the case all the way through the court system. His final appeal was to the Supreme Court of the United States. This court has the responsibility for deciding if a law is valid under the U.S. Constitution. Plessy lost the decision. A nearly unanimous court ruled against him. The court said that segregation was legal because it offered “separate but equal accommodations.” That ruling would finally be overturned in the 1950s by another prominent Supreme Court case, Brown vs. Board of Education. From the Past Download 10.24 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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