Civil Rights Campaign

Question 1

What was Brown vs. Topeka?

Answer 1

A case designed to end segregation in American schools.

Question 2

What decision did the Supreme Court make on 19th May 1954?

Answer 2

That “separate but equal” was wrong.

Question 3

How many black children attended desegregated schools a year after Brown Vs. Topeka?

Answer 3

None

Question 4

Where was the first school to be desegregated?

Answer 4

Little Rock, Arkansas.

Question 5

What support did the Federal Government give to the Little Rock Nine?

Answer 5

Sent over 1,000 paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division and the National Guard to protect them from protestors.

Question 6

What protest did Martin Luther King join in 1955 in Montgomery?

Answer 6

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Question 7

Why did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?

Answer 7

People were fed up of moving to the back of the bus and being segregated on Montgomery buses.

Question 8

What role did Rosa Parks play in the Civil Rights movement?

Answer 8

She refused to move seat on a bus and kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Question 9

How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last for?

Answer 9

381 days

Question 10

What percentage of bus passengers in Montgomery, Alabama, were black?

Answer 10

70%

Question 11

What sort of power were civil rights campaigners using in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Answer 11

Economic power

Question 12

The tactics of the bus boycott are best described as …

Answer 12

“non violent civil disobedience”

Question 13

What sort of law were the Montgomery Bus Boycott protesters challenging?

Answer 13

A Jim Crow Law.

Question 14

In which year was the first Civil Rights Act of the 20th century passed?

Answer 14

1957

Question 15

What did the 1957 Civil Rights Act change?

Answer 15

created an agency that would bring to trial any white officials who denied black people their rights.

Question 16

How many extra black voters had been added within 2 years of the 1957 Civil Rights Act?

Answer 16

None.

Question 17

The 1957 Civil Rights Act had so little impact, it was just a ___________ to Black Americans.

Answer 17

gesture

Question 18

On the 1st of February, 1960, the first Sit In took place in

Answer 18

Greensboro, North Carolina

Question 19

The point of the Sit ins was…

Answer 19

…to draw attention to illegal segregation that still happened in America

Question 20

The non violent protest of sit ins was met with…

Answer 20

…violence and arrests.

Question 21

A slogan and tactic from non-violent protestors was to “F _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ s”

Answer 21

Fill the Jails

Question 22

Which group more commonly took part in sit-ins?

Answer 22

students.

Question 23

The SNCC is an abbreviation of…

Answer 23

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Question 24

Sit ins were important because…

Answer 24

they put civil rights into the newspapers and TV bulletins and drew a lot of attention.

Question 25

CORE is an abbreviation for

Answer 25

Congress On Racial Equality.

Question 26

In May, 1961, the first Freedom Ride travelled from __________ to _____________

Answer 26

Washington DC to New Orleans

Question 27

The Ku Klux Klan attacked a Freedom Rider bus in...

Answer 27

Birmingham, Alabama

Question 28

The point of Freedom Rides was

Answer 28

to show that interstate travel was still segregated, by having black students use "whites only" washrooms that shouldn't have existed.

Question 29

The Freedom Rides were successful because

Answer 29

they showed that people could take action against unjust laws and bring about change without violence.

Question 30

Whose slogan was "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"

Answer 30

Governor George Wallace of Birmingham Alabama

Question 31

Why did MLK choose Birmingham, Alabama as a site for a protest?

Answer 31

Birmingham was one of the most racist, segregated cities in the country. MLK knew he would get a violent reaction that would look good on TV.

Question 32

Who was the chief of police in Birmingham, Alabama?

Answer 32

"Bull" Connor

Question 33

What was MLK's big aim with his protest in Birmingham, Alabama?

Answer 33

He wanted to persuade the American people and President Kennedy that Civil Rights were important and necessary.

Question 34

"Civil rights marchers should thank God for..."

Answer 34

"Bull Connor"

Question 35

Why was MLK grateful to Bull Connor?

Answer 35

Connor used excessive violence including water cannons, dogs and cattle prods to "police" the march in Birmingham. It horrified Americans and put pressure on JFK.

Question 36

In August 1963, MLK led a march on which American city?

Answer 36

Washington DC

Question 37

How many protestors join in the March on Washington?

Answer 37

200,000

Question 38

MLK gave his "I have a dream" speech next to the

Answer 38

Lincoln Memorial.

Question 39

What 3 big changes did the Civil Rights Act 1964 make?

Answer 39

No racial discrimination in public, no segregation, no discrimination in employment.

Question 40

What did the Civil Rights Act 1964 not fix?

Answer 40

police brutality, violence, political representation, housing, wages, poverty,

Question 41

Why did MLK choose Selma, Alabama as a place to protest?

Answer 41

Selma had the lowest number of black Americans registered to vote.

Question 42

Why was the vote so important to black people?

Answer 42

It made the government want to solve problems for black Americans.

Question 43

What impact did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 have?

Answer 43

An additional 250,000 black Americans were registered to vote.