Why did the NAACP decide not to use Claudette Colvin's arrest as a test case on the buses?
A) Colvin was a white woman who tried to sit in the black section of the bus, and they wanted a black woman arrested.
B) Colvin and her parents were not part of the local black social elite.
C) Colvin was too old and in unstable health, and they did not feel she would make it through an arduous trial.
D) Colvin had already had her life threatened by white supremacists in Montgomery and Birmingham.
Answer: B
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A. by refusing to accept them B. by offering to raise voluntary contributions C. by selling church lands in their territory D. by accepting them in return for new rights
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A) the passage of a Bill of Rights that would protect people's liberties B) limiting the president to two elected four-year terms C) passage of a national law that would lead to the gradual extinction of slavery in the United States D) an amendment making the Supreme Court the constitutional arbiter of state and federal laws
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A) Christians that preach the word of God in remote areas. B) worshippers of Christ that live in caves. C) ascetics that live alone from society. D) worshippers of Christ that do not attend church. E) those followers of Christ seeking a vision.