Question

What can the reader most likely infer about why Rosa Parks was motivated to refuse giving up her bus seat? A. She represented the membership of the NAACP. B. She was exhausted from a long day at work. C. She decided on the spur of the moment to challenge the status quo. D. She wanted to initiate the boycott of the Montgomery bus system.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. She decided on the spur of the moment to challenge the status quo

Explanation:

Rosa decided to challenge the status quo at the spur of the moment. In montgomery alabama, Rosa Parks refused a bus drivers order to vacate her seat in the colored section for a white passenger. Due to her refusal, the bus driver got her arrested.

The existing status quo was a law that supported segregation. She was expected to give up her seat because of her skin color.

In her autobiography, she noted that the reason she did not give up her seat was not due to tiredness. She said she was only tired of giving in. By this statement, she was only tired of giving in to laws that did not favor her black race. She was tired of the segregation.

Answer 2

Answer: C. She decided on the spur of the moment to challenge the status quo.

Explanation: This was correct for me on Edmentum.