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Scottsboro Trial

To complete this quiz please read the Scottsborro Trial information then answer the questions to the best of your ability!!!! GOOD LUCK

Question #1

Where does Ruby Bates live? And which part of town is this located?

a) In a bare but clean unpainted shack at 24 Depot Street, in a Negro section of town

b) In a cottage in a lovely country town, 36 Holmes Drive,

c) In a farm house just out of town, But where all the Negro's live

d) In a two story house right in town, 56 Depot Street.

e) In a mansion on the beach

Question #2

What did people at the trial say abbout Ruby Bates? And why?

a) she is said to be a lovely girl with a very elegant family

b) She is a little simple with a very simple family.

c) Ruby is said to be a weak witness, she is stupid and slow-witted. Her mother was a prostitute as the judge pointed out.

d) She is said to be very bright with a slow family.

e) She is a lovely young lady with a very close family. Her mother and father work very hard to have a lovely house.

Question #3

Who is A.E Hawkins? And what did he have to do with the Scottsboro trial?

a) Friend of the girls he was on the train when the incident was said to have happened

b) Ruby Bates boyfriend. He was told by Ruby that the incident didnt really happen.

c) Victoria Price's father. He was there throughout the trial

d) One of the Scottsboro boys. He was sentenced to life in prison

e) Judge. He tried to give the Scottsboro boys a fair trial, while the towvn and other whites society wanted the death sentence.

Question #4

Why did the society neglect the Scottsboro boys?

a) It can be answered simply as they were regarded as thugs

b) It can be answered simply by the study of the discriminations practiced against the Negro in all phases of his life - educational, residential, economic segregation

c) It can be answered simply due their ages they must be at fault

d) It can be answered simply as they were all guys and the girls were more likely to be telling the truth

e) It can be answered simply as they were African- American

Question #5

What are the names of the boys accused in the Scottsboro trial?

a) Sam White, Michael Smith, Harry Chapman, Jack Brown, Kyle Morris, Tony Roberts

b) Clarence Norris, Willie Roberson, Roy Wright, Andy Wright, Charles Weems, Haywood Patterson

c) Jack Black, Luke Harris, Anthony Bates, Authur King, Kade Hill, Connor Smith

d) Michael Foster, Terence West, Wayne Wright, Chris Connor, Luke Edwards, Perry Sanders

e) Curtis Jack, Kayne West, Gavin Miles, Jason Jiles, Mike Posner, Brad Smith

Question #6

What are the names of the accusers and on what date was the accusation made?

a) Victoria Price & Ruby Bates- March 25th 2011

b) Sarah Wright & Rebecca Cartwright- January 18th 1911

c) Trisha Harris & Danielle Hope- March 25th 1931

d) Victoria Price & Ruby Bates- March 25th 1931

e) Amanda Scott & Casey Baker- June 14th 1931

Question #7

Which one of the girls denies she was raped in a letter? And who was the letter to?

a) Sarah Wright in a letter to Earl Streets

b) Rebecca Cartwright in a letter to Clarence Norris

c) Victoria Price in a letter to Earl Streetman

d) Amanda Scott in a letter to Andy Wright

e) Ruby Bates in a letter to Earl Streetman

Question #8

How many years did the trial go for?

a) 58 years when the last of the Scottsboro boys died

b) 20 years when the last of the Scottsboro boys died

c) 2 years and they were all executed

d) 15 years and they were executed

e) 58 years and three of the Scottsboro boys died

Question #9

Which one of the nine boys escapes prison in 1948

a) Clarence Norris

b) Roy Wright

c) Haywood Patterson

d) Andy Wright

e) Chuck Norris

Question #10

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