Civil Rights.....how much do you know?

Question 1

Where did many African-Americans move to during World War II, finding jobs?

Accepted Answer

Northern Cities

Question 2

What was the last pro baseball team to allow African-American players?

Accepted Answer

The Red Sox

Question 3

When it come to the first amendment,

Accepted Answer

There are some limits on free speech

Question 4

Review: what was the nickname for the 1950s in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

The Fabulous 50s

Question 5

The 100th anniversary of what BIG event was in November 2018?

Accepted Answer

The end of World War I

Question 6

Which of the following was laid in state in the Capitol building after his/her death?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 7

What branch of government declares war?

Accepted Answer

Congress

Question 8

When was the U.S. Civil War?

Accepted Answer

1861 to 1865

Question 9

What number president was Barack Obama?

Accepted Answer

44

Question 10

What compromise was made at the Constitutional Convention and involved enslaved people?

Accepted Answer

The 3/5 Compromise

Question 11

What's been our theme for the study of U.S. foreign policy?+

Accepted Answer

"The U.S. fluctuates between involvement and isolation"

Question 12

What did some African-American athletes do to protest during the 1968 Olympics?

Accepted Answer

They raised their arms in a "black power" salute

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT a protest movement from the 1960s in the U.S. ?

Accepted Answer

The Abolitionist movement

Question 14

Which event happened in the "Sad 70s"?

Accepted Answer

President Nixon resigned because of a scandal

Question 15

The name of your generation is...

Accepted Answer

Generation Z

Question 16

Where does the U.S. currently have soldiers right now?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions said segregation was constitutional?

Accepted Answer

Plessy vs. Ferguson

Question 18

After Reconstruction ended, what happened to African-Americans in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow laws were made to keep them under control

Question 19

What was Martin Luther King's job prior to his being a civil right leader and hero?

Accepted Answer

Minister

Question 20

Baby boomers were born in what years?

Accepted Answer

1946 to 1964

Question 21

Martin Luther King received word he'd been awarded which prize while he was sitting in jail?

Accepted Answer

The Nobel Prize

Question 22

Which of the following amendments to the U.S. Constitution ended slavery?

Accepted Answer

13th

Question 23

Which of the following generations is the most selfish and greedy?

Accepted Answer

This is largely an opinion question..it's hard to answer

Question 24

Who is the commander in chief of the U.S. military?

Accepted Answer

The President

Question 25

The Civil Rights movement was most closely associated with which decade?

Accepted Answer

1960s

Question 26

Who was a famous African-American who fought for equal rights?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 27

The Brown vs. Topeka decision reversed what previous Supreme Court decision?

Accepted Answer

Plessy vs. Ferguson

Question 28

In comparison to Baby Boomers, members of Generation Z are the first to grow up with:

Accepted Answer

Cellphones

Question 29

Which of the following leaders were assassinated?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 30

What was created to try to offer opportunities to groups who had been discriminated against?

Accepted Answer

Affirmative Action

Question 31

What person in New York City was killed because of a police choke hold?

Accepted Answer

Eric Garner

Question 32

Who took advantage of the kneeling during the anthem controversy to get Americans to hate more?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 33

What year was the Brown Vs. Topeka decision?

Accepted Answer

1954

Question 34

During what era was the "Harlem Renaissance," an age when jazz music first became very famous?

Accepted Answer

1920s

Question 35

What tactic did many students use in the civil rights movement in the early 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Sit-ins

Question 36

During what era did former slaves gain many rights?

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 37

What terrorist group emerged after the U.S. Civil War in the South?

Accepted Answer

The Ku Klux Klan

Question 38

The 1980s were more conservative. Which group controlled the White House for most that decade?

Accepted Answer

Republicans

Question 39

Civil rights activists Schwerner , Chaney and Goodman were murdered in Mississippi for:

Accepted Answer

Registering citizens to vote

Question 40

Which of the following happened during the "Nifty 90s"?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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