Human Right's

Question 1

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 1

Laws that were designed to segregate African Americans and White Americans.

Question 2

Racial Segregation

Answer 2

Keeping people of different races separate

Question 3

Martin Luther King

Answer 3

A leader in the African-American Civil Rights who believed in nonviolence to restore African American rights.

Question 4

Human rights

Answer 4

The standards of treatment and equality of opportunity that all people everywhere should have so that they can have fair, free and peaceful lives.

Question 5

Nonviolence

Answer 5

A demonstration without the use of violence. E.g. marches, rallies.

Question 6

Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 6

A campaign that started when Rosa parks refused to give up her seat

Question 7

March on Washington

Answer 7

This campaign occurred on the 28th of August 1963 and led to the passing of the civil rights bill.

Question 8

Declaration of Human rights

Answer 8

A document to promote and encourage respect for human rights.

Question 9

Birmingham campaign

Answer 9

This campaign had two phases and aimed at desegregating a particular city in the South.

Question 10

Desegregate

Answer 10

End a policy of racial segregation

Question 11

Racism

Answer 11

The belief that a particular race is superior to others

Question 12

List 10 different rights that we have under the declaration of human rights?

Answer 12

Article 1. Everyone is born free and we should all be treated in the same way.

Article 2. Everyone is equal despite differences in skin colour, gender, religion or language for example.

Article 3. Everyone has the right to life and to live in freedom and safety.

Article 4. No one has the right to treat you as a slave nor should you make anyone your slave.

Article 5. No one has the right to hurt you or to torture you.

Article 6. Everyone has the right to be treated equally by the law.

Article 7. The law is the same for everyone, it should be applied in the same way to all.

Article 8. Everyone has the right to ask for legal help when their rights are not respected.

Article 9. No one has the right to imprison you unjustly or dismiss you from your own country.

Article 10. Everyone has the right to a fair and public trial.

Question 13

What was the result of the Greensboro sit ins Campaign?

Answer 13

This campaign led to the passing of the civil rights bill in 1964 which gave the government the right to enforce desegregation in all states, in all facilities, employment, accommodation.

Question 14

What was the result of the March on Washington Campaign?

Answer 14

The city officially became desegregated. Some whites even hired African Americans in jobs previously reserved for whites. It elevated Martin Luther King to the position of top black leader in the country

Question 15

What was the result of the Montgomery Bus boycott Campaign?

Answer 15

A decision by the Supreme Court on 13th November, 1956, forced the Montgomery Bus Company to accept integration of Black and white people on all inner state buses. The bus company agreed to seat all passengers on a first come, first served basis. The following month the buses in Montgomery were desegregated.

Question 16

What was the result of the Little Rock Campaign?

Answer 16

The campaign was still considered a success as by 1962 all high schools in this city were integrated.

Question 17

What was the result of the Birmingham jail Campaign?

Answer 17

This tactic had spread to other cities and by the end of 1960 lunch counters had been desegregated in 126 cities. The Woolworth’s eventually agreed to desegregate its food counter in July 1960 having lost $200,000 dollars of business or 20% of its anticipated sales