Social Activists

Question 1

Ghandi did everything perfectly, when he was young he showed his talent by doing well at school

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Which of the following about Ghandi is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

Ghandi's famous salt march occured in 1921

Question 3

____,the Supreme Court decision that unanimously ruled segregation in public schools as illegal

Accepted Answer

Brown vs. the Board of Education

Question 4

How was Nelson Mandela able to escape the police in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

He disguised himself.

Question 5

_______was a seamstress and NAACP worker arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus.

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 6

Why did Ghandi stop wearing suits and ties?

Accepted Answer

Because he wanted to boycott foreign-made clothes

Question 7

How long was Nelson Mandela in prison?

Accepted Answer

27 years

Question 8

Nelson Mandela is from South Africa.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

The_____was a small group of students selected to integrate Central High School, a white H.S.

Accepted Answer

The Little Rock 9

Question 10

African American leaders turned to ____,a young baptist minister who was a powerful speaker.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King, Jr

Question 11

In the_______boycott, thousands of African Americans stopped riding the bus.

Accepted Answer

Montgomery bus

Question 12

Early civil rights leaders focused on ending ____ in America's public schools.

Accepted Answer

segragation

Question 13

Student protesters practiced the strategy of________________.

Accepted Answer

civil disobedience

Question 14

The leaders of student protests formed the_______to train protesters & organize demonstrations.

Accepted Answer

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Question 15

Dr. King was interested in the nonviolent protests of:

Accepted Answer

Mohandas Gandi

Question 16

Why did Nelson Mandela leave South Africa in the early 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Gain support for the black independence movement., To give speeches in other countries.

Question 17

How many days did it take marchers to walk from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama?

Accepted Answer

5 days

Question 18

When did Ghandi first bring up the concept of satagraha?

Accepted Answer

1906

Question 19

How many years did Ghandi live?

Accepted Answer

79

Question 20

Which of the following countries had the same independence day as India?

Accepted Answer

Pakistan

Question 21

What two things did Dr. King dislike about the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

Money wasted could've been spent to better lives of the poor, The violence of the war

Question 22

What career did Nelson Mandela decide follow?

Accepted Answer

law

Question 23

Who killed Ghandi?

Accepted Answer

A Hindu radical

Question 24

Segregation meant that:

Accepted Answer

Blacks and whites were separated.

Question 25

Who raised Nelson Mandela when he was a child?

Accepted Answer

a tribal chief

Question 26

Which country turned India into its colony?

Accepted Answer

Great Britian

Question 27

Where was Ghandi from?

Accepted Answer

West of India

Question 28

Before he was the 1st African American Supreme Court justice ___ was an attorney for the NAACP.

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 29

At the largest civil rights demonstration in history, the speech given by Dr. King was:

Accepted Answer

"I Have a Dream"

Question 30

On what charge was Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prison?

Accepted Answer

leaving the country illegally

Question 31

Why did Ghandi get thrown off of a train in South Africa?

Accepted Answer

because he was an Indian, not a European

Question 32

On February 1, 1960, African American students went into Woolworth and staged a______________.

Accepted Answer

sit-in

Social Activists

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Social Activists

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