African Americans Many Rivers to Cross Episode 5 -GD

Question 1

Actor-Free political expression is the very essence ofthe defense of our civil liberties, & by that I shall always stand

Accepted Answer

Paul Robeson

Question 2

In New Orleans on November 14, 1960, fed. marshals escorted a 6-year-oldgirl named _____ to all-white elementary school.

Accepted Answer

Ruby Bridges

Question 3

Broke professional baseball's color barrier

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 4

Malcom X believed in non-violent passive resistance.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Film director Orson Welles, hosted a weekly political ________ broadcast, devoted an entire show to the Woodard incident

Accepted Answer

radio

Question 6

The Civil Rights movement began in northern cities like _____________.

Accepted Answer

Detroit

Question 7

Forced to contend with escalating violence, ____ was the first major city in the South todesegregate its lunch counters.

Accepted Answer

Nashville

Question 8

There were unions to protect workers from poor working conditions in big car factories like Ford Motor Company.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

On 3/7/1965, a peaceful march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery turned into what would become known as ______.

Accepted Answer

Bloody Sunday

Question 10

The black press mounted the ______ campaign- victory on two fronts, against Hitler overseas & against racism at home

Accepted Answer

Double V

Question 11

Inspired by Rosa Parks' example, _______black community opted to walk to their jobs instead of riding the city’s buses.

Accepted Answer

Montgomery's

Question 12

Black veterans were unprepared for the discrimination, even _____, they faced upon returning home

Accepted Answer

violence

Question 13

SNCC's "youthful" leader

Accepted Answer

Stokely Carmichael

Question 14

In the 1950's, a young 26 year old minister from Atlanta named _______ would lead boycott efforts.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 15

President ______ signed our nation's first Voting Rights Act.

Accepted Answer

Johnson

Question 16

Facing labor shortages and pressure from black leaders, FDR integrated _____________ industries.

Accepted Answer

defense

Question 17

King’s philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience was inspired by the principles and practices of ________.

Accepted Answer

Mahatma Gandhi

Question 18

Ruby said, "Once I got into the school.....people here rushed inside of the building.....taking out their children. Over

Accepted Answer

500 kids

Question 19

In Brown v. Board of Ed., the Supreme Court declared the doctrine of separate butequal in schools as Constitutional.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

IN 1948, Memphis was 40% African Americans and radio station WDIA took a gamble and switched to __________

Accepted Answer

all black

Questions 20