The goal of Mississippi Freedom Summer was:

to register black voters in Mississippi

What was the “Great Migration”?

Relocation of 100,000+ African Americans to the North

What did Claudette Colvin do to help with civil rights?

She refused to move to the back of the bus.

What and where was the first Historically Black College and University?

Cheney University in Pennsylvania

In 1963, President Kennedy sent Congress a civil rights bill in response to:

violence against children marching in Birmingham, Alabama

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act:

forbade discrimination based on gender

encouraged inclusion of minorities in hiring, college admissions

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Black History Month - 7th Grade AMS

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1
What part of MLK Jr.'s speech was improvised?
the entire speech
"...we are not satisfied..."
"...we will not be satisfied..."
"I have a dream."
2
African Americans did not find equality in the North.
True
False
3
How did African American writer Claude McKay influence people?
discussed music
he was a great singer
stood up for equal rights
criticized the President
4
What term BEST explains jazz music?
rehearsed
planned
improvised
scripted
5
Which other persecuted group was able to find positions in HBCUs during the 1930s?
French academics
German academics
Canadian academics
Jewish academics
6
The goal of Mississippi Freedom Summer was:
to free civil rights marchers who had been jailed
to register black voters in Mississippi
to release Dr. King from jail
to integrate interstate bus terminals
7
What was the “Great Migration”?
When the birds fly south for the winter
Relocation of 100,000+ African Americans to the North
The expedition to go out west
Moving from the United States to Antarctica
8
What did Claudette Colvin do to help with civil rights?
She protested against segregation.
She refused to move to the back of the bus.
She was Rosa Parks's daughter.
She helped people move through the Underground Railroad.
9
Malcolm X ___ Dr. King's ___.
opposed...goal of racial integration
opposed...non-violent approach
agreed with...non-violent approach
Both B and C
10
Esther Jones, who inspired the cartoon character, Betty Boop, was a...
news anchor
artist
writer
jazz singer
11
Which group had the earliest recorded protest against slavery and human trafficking?
Native Americans
Congress
Quakers
Puritans
12
What and where was the first Historically Black College and University?
New York University in New York
Cheney University in Pennsylvania
Florida State University in Florida
George Washington University in Washington, DC
13
In 1963, President Kennedy sent Congress a civil rights bill in response to:
blatant employment discrimination
persistent discrimination in housing
rampant voting rights discrimination
violence against children marching in Birmingham, Alabama
14
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act:
forbade discrimination based on physical disability
forbade discrimination based on sexual orientation
forbade discrimination based on race
forbade discrimination based on gender
15
What did southern African Americans discover upon moving North?
All of these
Cultural pride
Depression
Jim Crow Laws
16
Who is pictured as the possible real "Lone Ranger?"
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
Bass Reeves
17
What was one thing that “pulled” African Americans to the North?
housing
jobs
music
famous people
18
Bessie Coleman moved to which country to go to flight school and reach her dreams?
Germany
England
France
Spain
19
Affirmative Action:
attempted to provide compensation for past victims of discrimination
None are correct
attempted to punish those who discriminated against minorities in the past
encouraged inclusion of minorities in hiring, college admissions

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