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Don't Buy a Ford Ever Again, ca. 1960

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  • Q1
    Whom is this poster addressing?
    all Ford empoyees
    all civil rights organizaitons
    all black citizens
    all white citizens
    60s
  • Q2
    This poster attempts to persuade white citizens to stop buying Ford products. According to the authors of the poster, what is one reason why people should stop buying Ford products?
    Ford's profits have exceeded millions and millions and millions of dollars.
    Ford's profits are spent on organizations that support white citizens of the South.
    Ford's profits have been going into tax-free foundations.
    Ford's profits are being used to destroy the Southern way of life.
    120s
  • Q3
    Read these sentences from the text. "Members of the Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans believed that large companies such as the Ford Motor Company supported efforts to bring about integration in the United States. To influence the policies of such businesses, the Citizen's Council organized boycotts of the companies' products." Based on the evidence in this text, what did the Citizens' Council hope to accomplish by organizing a boycott against Ford?
    The Citizens' Council hoped that people would start financially supporting integration and civil rights organizations.
    The Citizens' Council hope that schools would continue to desegregate.
    The Citizens' Council hoped that large companies would continue to desegregate.
    The Citizens' Council hoped that Ford would stop financially supporting integration and civil rights organizations.
    120s
  • Q4
    What might the poster mean by the "Southern way of life"?
    the culture established by supporting the spending of money
    the culture established by supporting large companies
    the culture established by supporting the integration of races
    the culture established by supporting the segregation of races
    120s
  • Q5
    What is the message of this poster?
    Write Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans for additional copies of this circular.
    For years, a considerable portion of the profits from the sale of Ford cars, trucks, and other Ford products have been funneled into tax-free foundations.
    All white citizens should stop buying Ford products because Ford profits have been distributed to integration and civil rights organizations.
    All white citizens should buy more Ford products because Ford profits have been distributed to integration and civil rights organizations.
    120s
  • Q6
    Why might the Citizens'Council of Greater New Orleans have chosen to capitalize some words on the poster?
    in order to get people's attention and emphasize the poster's message
    in order to ensure the poster was grammatically correct
    in order to distract people from the poster's message
    in order to ensure that people could read it from far away
    120s
  • Q7
    Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Schools in New Orleans were ordered to desegregate in 1960. ___________, many white people became angry.
    In particular
    In contrast
    As a result
    Even though
    120s

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