6.2
Exercise
2
Listen and read. Answer the questions.
Solution
- Mohandas Gandhi campaigned for India's independence from British rule.
- Gandhi led a demonstration to the sea to make salt, instead of buying it from the government, as a form of protest against British salt taxes and monopoly.
- The British authorities always released Gandhi from prison after a few months because they feared that his refusal to eat while in jail would lead to his death, causing public outcry and unrest.
- Rosa Parks broke the law in Alabama by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person, which was mandated by local segregation laws.
- Immediately after her 'crime,' Rosa Parks was taken to jail and later put on trial, where she was fined $10.
- People protested about Rosa Parks's arrest by boycotting the Montgomery bus system for over a year. This boycott, known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, garnered significant support for the American civil rights movement and ultimately led to the US Supreme Court banning segregation on public transport.