US Civil Rights

Question 1

The activist who triggered the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 1

Rosa parks

Question 2

MLK civil rights organisation

Answer 2

SCLC

Question 3

The first civil rights organisation to be founded

Answer 3

NAACP

Question 4

The governor of Arkansas

Answer 4

Orval Faubus (sent state guards to prevent Little Rock nine to enter the school

Question 5

A landmark case that overturned the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’

Answer 5

Brown vs Topeka

Question 6

To prevent a group of people from voting

Answer 6

Disenfranchise

Question 7

The states which opposed slavery

Answer 7

Unionists

Question 8

The case which established the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’

Answer 8

Plessy vs Ferguson

Question 9

The element of Emmet Till murder which made it so shocking

Answer 9

Brutality

Question 10

The belief that the US national government of Washington should not interfere with state legislation

Answer 10

Anti-fedarilism

Question 11

The types of protests encouraged by MLK

Answer 11

Peaceful protests

Question 12

Age of Emmet Till when he was murdered

Answer 12

14

Question 13

The method which was key to the success of the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 13

Carpooling

Question 14

The general identity of the members of the KKK

Answer 14

Wasps

Question 15

One reason why the outcome of the Little Rock was significant

Answer 15

Federal intervention

Question 16

The landmark case which held that states are bound by the federal courts decision

Answer 16

Cooper vs Aaron case

Question 17

The act of separating people on racial grounds

Answer 17

Segregation

Question 18

The aspect of life which events in Topeka and Little Rock related to

Answer 18

Education

Question 19

One problem with Chief Justice Warren’s judgement

Answer 19

No time limit

Question 20

The state in which emmet till was murdered

Answer 20

Mississippi

Question 21

The act of treating a group of people unfairly because of their gender/sex/race

Answer 21

Discrimination

Question 22

The states which supported slavery

Answer 22

Confederate

Question 23

A method used to indirectly prevent black people from voting

Answer 23

Literacy tests

Question 24

The illegal, racist murders of black Americans

Answer 24

Lynching

Question 25

A violent racist organisation

Answer 25

KKK

Question 26

The outcome of Emmet Till trial

Answer 26

Aquited

Question 27

A racist caricature after whom segregation laws were nicknamed

Answer 27

Jim Crow

Question 28

The organisation which led to the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 28

MIA

Question 29

What was the nickname for the racism laws used in southern states to segregate black and white Americans

Answer 29

Jim Crow laws

Question 30

Give one example of a barrier faced by black Americans when trying to vote?

Answer 30

kKK intimidation, literacy tests

Question 31

What does NAACP stand for

Answer 31

National association advancement for coloured people

Question 32

What does CORE stand for and how did they campaign for civil rights ?

Answer 32

``` Congress of racial quality Sit ins (Greensboro) ```

Question 33

Name civil rights organisation

Answer 33

SCLC, SNCC, NAACP, CORE

Question 34

What year was plessy vs Ferguson and why’s it so important

Answer 34

1896 | Separated but equal

Question 35

What year was brown vs Topeka and what did the judge rule?

Answer 35

1954 | Integrate school,s, overturned plessy vs Ferguson

Question 36

Giver one positive and one limitation of brown vs Topeka

Answer 36

Overturned plessy vs Ferguson | No time limit

Question 37

How many black students arrived at Little Rock high school in 1957 to enrol at the school

Answer 37

9

Question 38

Who was the state governor of Arkansas at the time of Little Rock

Answer 38

Orval faubus

Question 39

What happened when the students tried to enrol

Answer 39

Blocked from entering

Question 40

Which president intervened in the events of Little Rock

Answer 40

Eisenhower

Question 41

Who signed the southern manifesto in 1956?

Answer 41

19 senator & 82 representatives (congress )

Question 42

Racism organisations

Answer 42

kKK, white citizens council, Dixiecrats

Question 43

1 way Emmet till murder was significant

Answer 43

Brutal way of murder on a child High publicity Equited

Question 44

Which event triggered the Montgomery bus boycott 1955

Answer 44

Rosa parks

Question 45

Who encouraged people to boycott the buses

Answer 45

Martin Luther making the speech to 7000

Question 46

Why was the boycott able to last almost a year

Answer 46

Planing/organisation -> ‘walk to work’ campaign and carpooling

Question 47

Why was boycotting an effective method of transport

Answer 47

Bus companies eventually went bankrupt | Economic pressure

Question 48

What role did the Supreme Court play in the events of he Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 48

No segregation on buses

Question 49

What happened at Greensboro

Answer 49

Desegregation of lunch counters (sit ins)

Question 50

What did the freedom riders do ?

Answer 50

Interstate buses

Question 51

Why was James Meredith able to attend Mississippi uni

Answer 51

President sent national guard to escort him

Question 52

VEP

Answer 52

Voting education protest

Question 53

Why were people protesting in Birmingham 1963

Answer 53

Closed schools, restaurant, parks so MLK led a protest

Question 54

Who was the police chief at the protest in Birmingham

Answer 54

Eugene bill Conner

Question 55

What did Eugene bill connor do?

Answer 55

Tell the police to take a day off, firehouses, dogs

Question 56

Why did the 1964 civil rights act was passed?

Answer 56

JFK legacy | LBJ was from the south

Question 57

What key event led to tue passing of 1965 voting rights act ?

Answer 57

March on Selma -> 25000 people marching, violently attacked by lead pipes. LBJ &MLK meeting where he promised to pass the voting rights act if MLK stopped the march

Question 58

Differences of Malcom x and MLK

Answer 58

He used violence as a way of protest Muslim Whether to work with white people or not