Author Question: What term is used in the chapter to refer to fugitive slaves who formed small guerrilla groups that ... (Read 94 times)

mmm · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

What term is used in the chapter to refer to fugitive slaves who formed small guerrilla groups that harassed neighboring plantations and helped other slaves to escape?

a. Pirates
b. Freedom fighters
c. Outlyers
d. Terrorists

Question 2

Though Rosa Parks is credited with starting the civil rights movement in 1955 when she refused to move to the back of the bus, in fact this movement

a. was started behind closed doors at a secret meeting of the leaders of the Baptist church and the federal government.
b. is not the result of one event but the inevitable outcome of centuries of mistreatment of Black people by White people and their governments.
c. actually began with the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960.
d. began in 1960 with Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech.

tranoy · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: c. Outlyers

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b. is not the result of one event but the inevitable outcome of centuries of mistreatment of Black people by White people and their governments.