History of Michigan 6th test Chap 16 17
1. After 20 months of controversy, what did OPPONENTS of busing do one night in effort to focus national attention on Pontiac and the government program that was tearing city residents apart?
A) They held a rally where members of the Ku Klux Klan in white robes and hoods burned a cross on the lawn of City Park in downtown Pontiac.
B) They used dynamite to blow up 10 school buses and damage 3 others.
C) They surrounded Irene McCabe's residence so she and her family were trapped inside, shined huge spot lights on her house, and played loud rock 'n roll music through giant speakers until she agreed to move leave Pontiac forever.
D) They set fire to a brand new high school that had just been built in an all-white neighborhood and blamed blacks residents for burning it down.
2.What famous attorney defended Dr. Ossian Sweet, his wife, and his younger brother, Henry?
A) Frank Murphy
B) Philip A. Adler
C) Clarence Darrow
D) Daniel Webster
3.Dr. Ossian Sweet's case was decided by a jury of 12 white men. What verdict did the jury reach after just four hours of deliberation?
A) Dr. Sweet and all the other defendants were found innocent of all charges.
B) Dr. Sweet was found innocent, but his brother, Henry, was declared guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
C) Dr. Sweet was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in prison. After serving 2 years, he was released on condition he and his family leave Detroit.
4.In 1960, Dr. Ossian Sweet died. How?
A) He died of tuberculosis, like his daughter and wife.
B) He was found dead, a bullet through his head and a revolver in his hand.
C) He was hit by a car and run over while crossing Woodward Avenue.
D) TRICK QUESTION: Dr. Sweet actually died in 1944.
5.Early in 1959, Delbert L. Hatchett, then president of the Oakland County NAACP, filed suit in Federal Court complaining that Pontiac schools were deliberately segregated. Schools were either ___ percent white or ____ percent black.
A) 60 percent
A) They held a rally where members of the Ku Klux Klan in white robes and hoods burned a cross on the lawn of City Park in downtown Pontiac.
B) They used dynamite to blow up 10 school buses and damage 3 others.
C) They surrounded Irene McCabe's residence so she and her family were trapped inside, shined huge spot lights on her house, and played loud rock 'n roll music through giant speakers until she agreed to move leave Pontiac forever.
D) They set fire to a brand new high school that had just been built in an all-white neighborhood and blamed blacks residents for burning it down.
2.What famous attorney defended Dr. Ossian Sweet, his wife, and his younger brother, Henry?
A) Frank Murphy
B) Philip A. Adler
C) Clarence Darrow
D) Daniel Webster
3.Dr. Ossian Sweet's case was decided by a jury of 12 white men. What verdict did the jury reach after just four hours of deliberation?
A) Dr. Sweet and all the other defendants were found innocent of all charges.
B) Dr. Sweet was found innocent, but his brother, Henry, was declared guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
C) Dr. Sweet was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in prison. After serving 2 years, he was released on condition he and his family leave Detroit.
4.In 1960, Dr. Ossian Sweet died. How?
A) He died of tuberculosis, like his daughter and wife.
B) He was found dead, a bullet through his head and a revolver in his hand.
C) He was hit by a car and run over while crossing Woodward Avenue.
D) TRICK QUESTION: Dr. Sweet actually died in 1944.
5.Early in 1959, Delbert L. Hatchett, then president of the Oakland County NAACP, filed suit in Federal Court complaining that Pontiac schools were deliberately segregated. Schools were either ___ percent white or ____ percent black.
A) 60 percent