1.3 The Montgomery Bus Boycott And Its Impact

Question 1

Who was Rosa parks ?

Answer 1

• black american woman
• famous for boycotting the us segregation rules on buses
• didn’t give seat to white person
• respectable , middle aged , black woman

Question 2

Where did white people sit on the buses?

Answer 2

At the front

Question 3

Where did black people sit on the buses?

Answer 3

At the back

Question 4

What did blacks have to do if a white person asked them too , on a bus?

Answer 4

Give up their seat.

Question 5

Why Rosa Parks arrest lead to a bus boycott

Answer 5

• respectable , church going , middle aged never did anything to white people
• emphasised the injustice

Question 6

What was the WPC?

Answer 6

Woman’s political council , responded to rosa parks wanting changes

Question 7

What does MIA stand for ?

Answer 7

Montgomery improvement association

Question 8

Who was Martin luther king?

Answer 8

• well educated ,black , baptist minister and activist
• supported integration
• fought for civil rights peacefully
• powerful speaker
• raised lots of money for the boycott and was an important voice
• able to protest as was employed by a black church

Question 9

What date did the rosa park incident happen?

Answer 9

1st December 1955

Question 10

What significant event happened on 1st December 1955?

Answer 10

Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white person , sparking a boycott

Question 11

What happened after Rosa parks incident ?

Answer 11

• 8th December, MIA met bus company and officials to consider policy change , they refused
• 12 December 1955, MIA met with church groups to organise car pool system of lifts car pools had acquired over 300 cars

Question 12

What happened to MLK on the 30th January 1956

Answer 12

MLKs house was bombed and other churches were bombed too.

Question 13

How did the kkk react to the boycott?

Answer 13

Reacted badly to boycott , opposing it in anyway possible . High ranking officials started to join .

Question 14

How many MIA officials were arrested in February 1956?

Answer 14

89 including MLK

Question 15

When did the MIA officials appear on trial after their arrest?

Answer 15

March 19 1956 , more fundraising and support due to mlk arrest

Question 16

When was browder vs gayle filed?

Answer 16

February 1956, a violation against the 14 amendment

Question 17

When did the trial start and end?

Answer 17

May 11 - June 5 1956

Question 18

What was the verdict of the trial on June 5 1956?

Answer 18

There was to be desegregation . The bus company appealed but was declined and integration took place the next day .

Question 19

How publicity helped the montgomery bus boycott succeed?

Answer 19

• car pools
• MIA meetings kept the people involved
• leaflets ,church services , local press

Question 20

How commitment helped the montgomery bus boycott succeed?

Answer 20

-persisted even after bombs, threats , loss of jobs and going to jail.

Question 21

How organisation helped the montgomery bus boycott succeed?

Answer 21

Mia co-ordinated everything.

Question 22

Why Rosa parks was important?

Answer 22

Respectable woman that emphasises the injustice. She got lots of support from black people due to her status

Question 23

Who were the SCLC?

Answer 23

-southern christian leadership
Rev. Martin luther king was its leader
-urged blacks to oppose with peaceful protest
-helped black people register to vote

Question 24

Goals of the SCLC?

Answer 24

• mass action
• rejects and protest all forms of segregation
• use non violent direct action tactics
• black and white membership

Question 25

Did the montgomery bus boycott achieve its aim?

Answer 25

• policy wise it did , stopped segregation , black drivers allowed
• socially it lead to more hateful rhetoric and action.

Question 26

When was the civil rights act ?

Answer 26

1957

Question 27

What was president eisenhowers view on the civil rights act?

Answer 27

Reluctant, wanted to change the mindset rather than the policy
- believed it was unconstitutional to force people

Question 28

How did white southerners try to bloc the civil rights act?

Answer 28

• fiercely opposed any people supporting the bill

- kept making congress revise the bill

Question 29

What were the strengths of the civil rights act of 1957?

Answer 29

• Allowed federal courts to prosecute state violations
• positive step forward
• helped prosecute anybody denying citizens their rights

Question 30

What were the weaknesses of the civil rights act 1957?

Answer 30

• usually an all white jury so legislation doesn’t make a difference
• still white backlash
• shower power of opposition

Question 31

Why MLK was important?

Answer 31

• educated , allowed him to strategise and establish clear goals. He also appealed to white community
• passionate, very motivating . Able to rally the black community by doing speeches.
• peaceful, wanted peaceful resistance as he knew retaliation would be used as negative propaganda by the media.
• leadership, able to appeal to everybody. Respected by the black children.

Question 32

5 reasons why the montgomery bus boycott was significant?

Answer 32

• brought MLK to spotlight
• blacks being attacked by whites helped campaign
• blacks could organise effective mass resistance and receive wide spread support
• non violent ruled clearly laid out
• showed importance of publicity