History Civil rights revision

Question 1

Abolition of slavery, date and amendment.

Answer 1

January 31st 1865, 13th amendment

Question 2

What is segregation

Answer 2

The separation of race. Was said to be fair if facilities were equal even though they were not.

Question 3

Who was emmet till

Answer 3

A 14 year old black boy

Question 4

when was Emmet till killed

Answer 4

1955

Question 5

Why was emmet till killed

Answer 5

he was falsely accused of flirting with a white woman

Question 6

who killed emmet till

Answer 6

Roy and Millam Bryant (found innocent)

Question 7

where was emmet till killed

Answer 7

Mississipi (body left in Tallahatchie river)

Question 8

Why did the Montgommery bus boycott start

Answer 8

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a public bus and was jailed.

Question 9

How long did the Montgommery bus boycott last

Answer 9

started in 1955 and lasted 381 days.

Question 10

what happened as a result of the montgommery bus boycott

Answer 10

Alabama declared segregation on busses as unconstitutional.

Question 11

what was brown vs board of eduaction

Answer 11

Was a lawsuit that ended in segregation in schools being ruled as unconstitutional.

Question 12

When did the events at little rock high take place

Answer 12

1957

Question 13

how many students attempted to go to little rock high

Answer 13

9

Question 14

what happened on the students first attempt at entering little rock high

Answer 14

they where stopped by the national guard

Question 15

how were the students eventually able to enter little rock high

Answer 15

President eisenhower sent troops from the army to escort them.

Question 16

Why did the Greensboro/Woolworth sit ins start.

Answer 16

4 black men were refused service at a whites only lunch counter

Question 17

when did the the greensboro/woolworth sit ins start

Answer 17

february 1960

Question 18

how many states and cities did the greensboro/woolworth sit ins spread to

Answer 18

13 states and 55 cities

Question 19

how long did it take for dining facilities across the south to become integrated following the sit ins

Answer 19

dining services in the south were integrated by summer 1960

Question 20

when did the birmingham riots begin

Answer 20

january 1963

Question 21

how were the protesters met at the birmingham riots

Answer 21

with violence from police and white civilians

Question 22

what was the outcome of the birmingham riots

Answer 22

drinking fountains and restrooms were desegregated in may 1963 and reporting on the riots sparked outrage in some parts of america

Question 23

when was the march on washington

Answer 23

august 1963

Question 24

what famous speech was spoken at the march on washington

Answer 24

MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech

Question 25

what was the outcome of the march on washington

Answer 25

the tides in the civil rights movement started changing

Question 26

what was the civil rights act of 1964

Answer 26

outlawed discrimination and segregation and protected voting rights of minorities and women

Question 27

what was the voting rights act of 1965

Answer 27

an act that was passed stating that no one could be denied the vote on account of race or colour

Question 28

what was the fair housing act of 1968

Answer 28

made it illegal to discriminate in selling, renting or lending money for housing based on peoples colour or race.