Civil Rights

Question 0

What happened to Emmit Till?

Answer 0

He was shot, beaten to death, and dumped in a river

Question 1

What did Emmit Till do?

Answer 1

He whistled at a white girl

Question 2

What was interesting about Emmit Till’s trial?

Answer 2

All white jury, the defendants were found not guilty

Question 3

What did the defendants do after the trial?

Answer 3

They sold their story of how they killed Till to a magazine

Question 4

What was different about Till’s funeral?

Answer 4

The casket was left open so people could see what happened

Question 5

When did slaves first appear?

Answer 5

The 1600’s

Question 6

Why were slaves important to some?

Answer 6

Their labor increased profits, which slave owners used to go into politics to write laws encouraging slavery. They were valauble

Question 7

Fugitive slave laws

Answer 7

All citizens had to help catch runaway slaves. If you didn’t, you would be fined or punished.

Question 8

What did the 13th amendment do?

Answer 8

Outlawed slavery

Question 9

What did the 14th amendment do?

Answer 9

It said that anybody born in the US is a citizen.

Question 10

What did the 15th amendment do?

Answer 10

It said that all males can vote

Question 11

Who were the little rock nine?

Answer 11

9 Arkansas girls who were kept out of Little Rock central high school by the Arkansas National Guard ordered by governor Orval Faubus. Eisenhower then ordered the 101st airborne division to escort the girls to school in armored Jeeps, and he federalized the Arkansas national guard, taking away the governor’s power over it.

Question 12

What happened at the 16th street Baptist Church?

Answer 12

The KKK bombed the predominantly colored church, killing four girls in Sunday school.

Question 13

What is a sit in?

Answer 13

You sit in a place until you are served or your demands are met.

Question 14

Why was voting registration hard for blacks?

Answer 14

They might be assaulted by whites if they registered. Also, even though they were registered, there were literacy tests and poll taxes.

Question 15

Why was voting important to the blacks?

Answer 15

Because they wanted to be able to voice their opinion.

Question 16

What was bloody Sunday?

Answer 16

Blacks who were marching on the Edmund Pettus bridge were pushed back and beaten by police.

Question 17

What happened with Bull Connor and the Children’s March?

Answer 17

The kids knew that he would use force, and they wanted that so that he would look bad when he sprayed them with fire hoses and let dogs bite them. The nation was horrified after this.

Question 18

What happened on November 22, 1963?

Answer 18

President Kennedy was assassinated

Question 19

How did the movement affect Mexican Americans? What were some of their groups?

Answer 19

They wanted better pay on farms and schools with more Mexican American teachers. Many of their demands were met by the early 1970s. There was a Union of Farm workers that fought for better salaries.

Question 20

How did the movement affect Native Americans? What were some of their groups?

Answer 20

The federal protection of them ended but started again in 1956 after a bad response. They also wanted their own sovereign rights. There was a National Congress of American Indians and the Native Indian Movement that occupied the Indian bureau in D.C.

Question 21

How did the movement affect Women? What were some of their groups?

Answer 21

They were discriminated and kept out of jobs, they had lower salaries, and couldn’t buy or sell propert easily. The National Organization for Women fought for better jobs and salaries. The Cvil Rights Amendment and the Equal Education Act outlawed discrimination against Women.

Question 22

What happened to Rosa Parks?

Answer 22

She refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus and was arrested. This started the Montgomery bus boycott.

Question 23

What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Answer 23

African Americans didn’t ride the bus for over a year, making the bus company lose money. Instead, they walked or carpooled to places.

Question 24

What role did the KKK play in the civil rights movement?

Answer 24

They lynched, beat, bombed, and attacked African Americans and their property.

Question 25

What is Civil Disobedience?

Answer 25

Peacefully refusing to obey a law believed to be unjust.

Question 26

Why was being peaceful so important in civil disobedience?

Answer 26

Because if you fought, you would look bad and make people hate you more than the person who attacked you.

Question 27

What were the goals of civil disobedience?

Answer 27

1. Publicize an unjust law or a just cause.
2. Appeal to the conscience of the public.
3. Force officials to negotiate.
4. Clog the system.
5. Get into court to challenge the constituionatily of a law.