While the World Watched

While the World Watched

While the World Watched

Chapter 7

  1. ______At one time, Carolyn thought that the white women of the South didn’t appear

as violent or as vocal as the men. What evidence from the text indicates that

Carolyn became stunned when she realized that white women did display

anger at desegregation?

  1. While she watched television and saw women angrily protesting “ The Little Rock Nine”
  2. While reading the Saturday Evening Post
  3. While walking the streets of Birmingham
  1. ______How would you characterize the reactions of the FBI men while they interviewed

Carolyn?

  1. Extremely interested in the information that she gave to the men
  2. Disinterested, cold, and they displayed a matter of fact attitude
  3. Empathic to the bombing, and interested in finding the person /persons who were guilty
  1. ______Who were the two men that were arrested and charged with illegal possession of

dynamite?

  1. Thomas Blanton Jr. and Robert Chambliss
  2. Frank Cherry and Thomas Blanton
  3. Robert Chambliss and Charles Cage
  1. ______What was their punishment?
  1. Each one was fined a twenty five dollar fine and 50 days in jail.
  2. Each had to serve community service.
  3. Each one was fined one hundred dollars and 180 days in jail.
  1. ______In 1968, the FBI officially closed the case and sealed its investigation. Who was charged

for the murders of the four girls?

  1. Bob Chambliss
  2. No one
  3. Bob Chambliss and Frank Cherry
  1. ______Who was the person quoted as saying the following quote?

“If white supremacy consists in the wanton and brutaldestruction of worshippers of God in the very house of worship, then I must confess that the church bombers are the most supreme murderers and cowards the world has ever seen.Only the diseased mind can aspire to reach such depths.”

  1. The pastor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
  2. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  3. Reverend C. Herbert Oliver
  1. ______When Carolyn returned to school after the bombing, how did she feel?
  1. She was glad for her life to return to her normal schedule.
  2. She did not want to be there. She wanted to hear some words of comfort and consolation. She felt numb and confused.
  3. She was happy to see her other friends back at school.
  1. If a tragedy like that happened today, list three ways a town would handle the situation different than they did in 1963.

1)______

2)______

3)______

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