24-25 Half-Way Civil Rights Movement

Question 1

Select a method states used to deny African Americans the right to vote, violating the 15th and 19th amendments.

Accepted Answer

Grandfather clause: can vote if grandfather could before the Civil War, Literacy tests: can vote if pass a reading and writing test

Question 2

Select an accurate description of the trial for the murder of Emmett Till and the funeral

Accepted Answer

The killers confessed to the murder after the trial, Trial was treated as entertainment, with drinks for sale & children playing

Question 3

Select an accurate description of the murder of Emmett Till

Accepted Answer

The killers kidnapped Emmett from his uncle's home and confessed to it, Till was a black 14-year-old boy from the North, visiting family in South

Question 4

Select an accurate description of the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, 1954

Accepted Answer

Integrated public schools only, Got rid of "separate but equal" / racial segregation

Question 5

Select an accurate description of the Plessy v. Ferguson court case

Accepted Answer

Plessy argued the state violated 14th amendment right to equal protection, Established "separate but equal" doctrine

Question 6

Select an accurate description of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Accepted Answer

Marchers faced police brutality, leading to hospitalizations for some, Media showed the protestors as victims, which increased support for them

Question 7

What does "separate but equal" mean?

Accepted Answer

Segregation is allowed as long as the facilities are equal in quality

Question 8

Select an accurate description of Rosa Parks and her famous actions on the bus for which she was arrested.

Accepted Answer

Everyone in her row was told to move for white passengers, but she declined, She boarded the colored section and sat in the designated area

Question 9

Select an accurate description of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Accepted Answer

First large scale demonstration against segregation, Extended after a successful first day

Question 10

Select an accurate description of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project and voting as a whole during this time.

Accepted Answer

Black voters wanted to vote to gain protection and changes in laws, Voter registration activists and black voters were victims of violence

Question 11

Focusing on the context of the event according to the FBI, what was the context for the murder of Emmett Till?

Accepted Answer

Fear of the damage desegregation could cause to US and to white Americans, Organizations/politicians telling white Americans to fight for Jim Crow

Question 12

Select an accurate description of how the Constitution before the Civil War supported slavery.

Accepted Answer

Congress won't outlaw the importation of slaves, only states can do that, South gets more political power cuz enslaved people count as 3/5 person

Question 13

Select an accurate description of Slave Codes and Black Codes.

Accepted Answer

SC: Based on the concept that enslaved people were property, not human, BC: restricted now-free black Americans' rights

Question 14

Which amendments were passed following the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

13th amendment: abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime, 14th amendment: birthright citizenship, equal protection, due process

Question 15

Select an accurate descriptions of the Mississippi Freedom Summer murders.

Accepted Answer

In the process of finding the bodies, 9 other black bodies were found, 3 men registering voters were murdered by police officers and Klan members

Question 16

Select an accurate description of segregation and integration

Accepted Answer

Segregation is separation of groups of people w/ differing characteristics, Integration is the process of bringing group into a whole or larger group

Question 17

What ideological similarities did the Civil Rights Movement and the Communist Party Platform share?

Accepted Answer

Equal opportunities for employment, wages, and hours, The end of race discrimination. Full racial equality.

Question 18

Select an accurate description of Jim Crow Laws

Accepted Answer

Based on the foundational belief in white supremacy and anti-race-mixing, Legalized racial segregation & disenfranchisement in the North & South

Question 19

What is racial discrimination?

Accepted Answer

Treating someone unfavorably cuz they are / appear to be of a specific race

Question 20

What is disenfranchisement?

Accepted Answer

the action of taking away the right to vote from a person or group

Question 21

Select an accurate description of the Freedom Rides.

Accepted Answer

Occurred in many cities throughout the South, The police worked with the KKK to try to stop the protest

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