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US Civil Rights Movement and Black Power
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1
Which one of the following is NOT a principle of the Black Power ideology?
Non-violent protest
Black pride
Economic liberation
Self-reliance
2
In which city did the first lunch counter sit-in happen?
Greensboro, North Carolina
Little Rock, Arkansas
Selma, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
3
Which group organised the first lunch counter sit-ins?
NAACP
SCLC
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
4
The police chief in Birmingham, Alabama was ...
Orville Faubus
James Pritchard
Ralph Abernethy
Bull Connor
5
The city of Montgomery is the capital of ...
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
North Carolina
6
How many black students tried to register at Central High School in 1957?
5
9
10
7
7
In 1964 Malcolm X formed his own organisation ...
The Organisation of Afro-American Unity
The Organisation of African Unity
The Pan-Africanist Union
The Afro-American Liberation Union
8
Martin Luther King was assassinated in ...
Memphis, 1968
Phoenix, 1968
New York, 1965
Dallas, 1968
9
In which year was the Voting Rights Act passed?
1964
1965
1966
1963
10
Malcolm X was greatly influenced by the leader of the Nation of Islam ...
Elijah Mohammed
Louis Farrakan
Muhammad Ali
Wallace Muhammad
11
Muhammad Ali changed his name from ...
Gordon Sumner
Reginald Dwight
Cassius Clay
Classius Cay
12
Which group organised a boycott of the Montgomery bus system?
The SCLC
The Black Panthers
The Montgomery Improvement Association
The White People's Council
13
King was influenced by Gandhi's theories of ...
Negotiation
Satyagraha
Stayahagra
Violent resistance
14
Malcolm X rejected his original surname, which was ...
Grover
Washington
Little
Jackson
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In 1963 King wrote his famous letter from ...
Montgomery jail
Selma jail
Birmingham jail
Albany jail
16
Dr Martin Luther King (Jr) was a minister in ...
The Methodist Church
The Presbytarian Church
The Baptist Church
The Episcopalian Church
17
At which Olympic Games were two athletes banned for giving the Black Power salute?
Tokyo 1964
Munich 1972
Mexico City 1968
Rome 1960
18
James Meredith was ...
A Black Panther leader
The first black student admitted to the University of Mississippi
A member of the Ku Klux Klan
Governor of Alabama
19
Where and when were the Black Panthers founded?
Detroit 1966
Los Angeles 1960
Oakland 1966
Newark 1960
20
The Black Power Movement rejected the term ...
'Black'
'African American'
'Negro'
'People of Color'
21
MLK was assassinated by ...
James Earl Jones
Sirhan Sirhan
James Earl Ray
Lee Harvey Oswald
22
Which attorney later became the first black US Supreme Court justice?
Marshall Thurgood
Atticus Finch
John Lewis
Thurgood Marshall
23
Which song became the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement?
Battle Hym of the Republic
We shall overcome
Strange Fruit
Go tell it on the mountain
24
NAACP stands for ...
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Amendment for the Association of Colored People
National Advanced Association of People of Color
Neutral Association for the Advancement of Colored People
25
Name the commission, appointed by President Johnson, which concluded that white racism was the cause of the riots.
Kerner Commission
Johnson Commission
McCarthy Commission
Newark Commission
26
Which Supreme Court decision legalised the concept of 'separate but equal' in 1896?
Roe vs Wade
Jim vs Crow
Browder vs Gayle
Plessey vs Ferguson
27
In which city did the Watts riots take place in 1965?
Detroit
San Francisco
Newark
Los Angeles
28
The American Civil War was from ....
1861 - 65
1820 - 1825
1780 - 1785
1900 - 1905
29
Approximately how many people attended the demonstration at which King made his speech?
100 000
250 000
1 million
500 000
30
Which of the students became isolated from the others and was surrounded by a racist mob?
Elizabeth Eckford
Melba Patillo
Minniejean Brown
Ernest Green
31
In 1964 King was awarded the ...
Medal of Freedom
Purple Heart
Nobel Peace Prize
Medal Of Honor
32
In the 1950s and 60s, what percentage of the US population was African American?
40%
20%
30%
10%
33
Name the Supreme Court decision that declared school segregation illegal.
The Browder Decision
The Brown Decision
The Kerner Decison
The Blue Decision
34
Jim Crow Laws were most likely named after ...
A wealthy plantation owner
A character from a racist minstrel show
The President of the Confederacy
The inventor of the cotton gin
35
In which year did the Supreme Court rule that segregation in schools was illegal?
1964
1944
1954
1934
36
Whilst in Guinea Stokely Carmichael wrote a book linking Black Power to ...
Rastafarianism
Pan-Africanism
The Nation of Islam
The Civil Rights Movement
37
The Selma-Montgomery marches (1965) were a protest against ...
School segregation
Voter intimidation
Church segregation
The segregation of public amenities
38
Stokely Carmichael spent the last years of his life in ...
Liberia
Guinea
Nigeria
New Guinea
39
By 1965, what percentage of African Americans lived in Northern cities?
60%
80%
20%
50%
40
In which year did 'Freedom Summer' happen?
1960
1964
1953
1975
41
The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in ...
1955
1965
1960
1970
42
In 1963 King delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in ...
Little Rock
Detroit
New York
Washington DC
43
Which of the following was NOT a leader in the Black Panthers?
Ralph Abernethy
Huey Newton
Bobby Seale
Angela Davis
44
This organisation used violence and terror to try to enforce segregation.
Klu Kux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Wu-Tang Clan
Klu Klux Klan
45
In 1957 King formed the ...
SNCC
NAACP
Southern Colored Leadership Conference
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
46
CORE stands for ...
Congress of Racial Equality
Council of Radical Equality
Congress of Racial Equity
Committee of Racial Equality
47
In which year was Malcolm X assassinated?
1965
1964
1967
1966
48
In which year was the Civil Rights Act passed?
1965
1962
1964
1963
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What title did Stokely Carmichael hold in the Black Panther Party?
Honorary Custodian
Honorary President
Supreme Leader
Honorary Prime Minister
