26. Document Project 26: Freedom Summer

Quiz for Document 26.6 Nancy Ellin, Letter Describing Freedom Summer, 1964

Quiz for Document 26.6: Nancy Ellin, Letter Describing Freedom Summer, 1964

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Which of the following statements expresses how the recipients of Nancy Ellin’s letter felt about participating in the Freedom Summer?

They were proud to be establishing Freedom Schools.

They believed things in the South would be worse without their presence.

They were concerned for the safety of their offspring.

They felt terrible about causing anguish.

2. Based on Nancy’s letter, what was the reception like in Mississippi for the Freedom Summer workers?

Strained but generally welcoming by African Americans

Violent and unnerving with large-scale riots

Ignored and largely unnoticed by the community

Celebratory and cheerful with large parades

3. What can be inferred about the living conditions of Mississippi African Americans from Nancy’s statements within her letter?

Equal to those of the white population

Poor and inferior due to poverty and discrimination

Modern and technologically advanced

Largely located in urban city centers

4. What outside influence did Nancy think would help protect the workers and ultimately help change the situation in the South?

Federal marshals

Economic boycotts

Pressure from rich northern parents

Marches and parades in Washington

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