What was the resulting decision of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case?

Public transportation could be 'separate but equal'

Which of these was NOT an effect of the Civil Rights Act?

Black Americans were no longer discriminated against

What happened in response to Parks' arrest?

The black community would not travel on buses: boycott

What was the outcome of the Brown v. Board of Education Case?

Segregation in schools became illegal

Why was Rosa Parks arrested in 1955?

She did not give up her bus seat for a white person

Where did the Freedom Riders travel to?

Areas where segregation was prominent

Black Americans sat in whites-only areas and would not leave

As a result of the Rosa Parks boycott, what happened?

Alabama revoked segregation laws for public transport

What significant event happened in August 1963?

Martin Luther King led Washington March

What were the main goals of the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?

End segregation & register Black voters

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1
In which year did the Freedom Rides start?
1956
1963
1961
1958
2
What was the resulting decision of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case?
Public schools could not be segregated
Public transportation could be 'separate but equal'
Public transportation could not be segregated
public schools could be 'separate but equal'
3
Which of these was NOT an effect of the Civil Rights Act?
Segregation was made illegal
Black Americans could vote
Black Americans were no longer discriminated against
Commissions were set up to solve racial disputes
4
What happened in response to Parks' arrest?
A petition was sent to the state government
Black Americans got on buses and refused to get off: sit-ins
Black Americans planned marches throughout Alabama
The black community would not travel on buses: boycott
5
What was the outcome of the Brown v. Board of Education Case?
African Americans were allowed to go to university
African American teachers were allowed to be hired
Segregation in schools became illegal
African American schools got equal funding to white schools
6
Which example of activism is NOT a way in which women could be involved in Abolition?
voting
Writing letters/poems
publishing newspaper articles
Petitioning
7
Why was Rosa Parks arrested in 1955?
She did not give up her bus seat for a white person
She did not give a white man her seat at a restaurant
She travelled on a 'whites only' bus
She organised a freedom ride
8
What was the purpose of the 19th Amendment?
Allow women the right to vote
Allow non-property owners the right to vote
Allow minorities the right to vote
Lower the voting age from 21 to 18
9
True/False: Malcom X promoted the use of force in some cases to promote civil rights.
True
False
10
Around how many people attended the 1963 march in Washington?
400 000
250 000
50 000
100 000
11
Where did the Freedom Riders travel to?
The White House
Areas where African Americans were mostly supported
Areas where segregation was prominent
Different countries to spread the message of desegregation
12
What were sit-ins?
Black Americans marched through segregated areas to protest
Black Americans sat in whites-only areas and would not leave
Black Americans refused to give up their seats to whites
Black Americans sat on the White House's lawn in protest
13
What word describes the policy in which African Americans were separated from white Americans?
Socialism
Segregation
Sectarianism
Secularism
14
Who was the first African-American student to study at Mississippi University?
David Dennis
James Meredith
Julia Aaron
Harriet Tubman
15
In what year was the Brown v. Board of Education case?
1952
1950
1956
1954
16
When was the Civil Rights Act signed into American law?
1965
1964
1963
1966
17
Match the word to the following definition: "The right to vote"
abolition
suffrage
disenfranchisement
temperance
18
As a result of the Rosa Parks boycott, what happened?
African Americans were completely banned from public buses
Alabama revoked segregation laws for public transport
Segregation became illegal in the USA
Public transport companies went bankrupt
19
What significant event happened in August 1963?
Freedom Rides created a large riot in Alabama
John F Kennedy was assassinated
Martin Luther King led Washington March
Segregation officially became illegal
20
What were the main goals of the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?
promote segregation & disenfranchisement of black voters
End segregation & register Black voters
fund court cases about discrimination
bring attention to KKK violence

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