History dates and civil rights

Question 1

When was Franz Ferdinand killed?

Answer 1

28th June 1914

Question 2

When did World War 1 end?

Answer 2

11 November 1918

Question 3

When was the Battle of the Somme?

Answer 3

1 July - 18th November 1916

Question 4

When did WWII start and end?

Answer 4

1 Sep 1939- May 7 1945

Question 5

In York, at Easter one year, Jewish people were massacred. Which year was it?

Answer 5

1190

Question 6

On St. Valentines Day in France, in which city, in what year, were Jewish people massacred?

Answer 6

Strasbourg, 1349

Question 7

When were the Nuremberg laws approved by the Nazi party?

Answer 7

15th September 1935

Question 8

When did Jews rebel against the Germans in Warsaw, and how long did it take for the Germans to recover the situation?

Answer 8

April 1943, 33 days

Question 9

When was Auschwitz liberated?

Answer 9

January 1945

Question 10

What is the difference between Federal and State laws?

Answer 10

State laws govern individual states whereas federal laws govern the whole of the USA

Question 11

What is the constitution?

Answer 11

A document containing laws , rules and processes by which the USA is to be governed, written in 1780s by the founding fathers

Question 12

What is an amendment?

Answer 12

A change to the US constitution, proposed by congress and passed by the states

Question 13

What is the Bill of Rights?

Answer 13

The first ten amendments to the constitution, concerning personal liberty

Question 14

When did Abraham Lincoln become president (i.e. take office- he won elections a year earlier)?

Answer 14

March 4, 1861

Question 15

When did the American Civil War start and end?

Answer 15

April 12th 1861 - spring of 1865

Question 16

What were the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments?

Answer 16

13th- abolished slavery 14th- granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to all who were formerly enslaved 15th- prohibits an individual being denied the right to vote

Question 17

How many African Americans fought in WW2?

Answer 17

125000

Question 18

When was Rosa Parks arrested?

Answer 18

December 1 1995

Question 19

When did Martin Luther King Jr deliver his “I have a dream” speech?

Answer 19

August 28th 1963

Question 20

In what period of time were the Jim Crow laws active?

Answer 20

1870s- 1960s

Question 21

Where and when did the phrase “separate but equal” come about?

Answer 21

Plessy vs Ferguson, 1896

Question 22

Describe the Plessy vs Ferguson case

Answer 22

Homer Plessy, an African-American, refused to sit in a car for black people, but the court said that the difference between the cars and races was merely legal, and that his rights were not being violated.

Question 23

NAACP info

Answer 23

National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, set up 1909 by W.E.B. DuBois, legal defence, anti lynching

Question 24

CORE info

Answer 24

Congress Of Racial Equality, founded 1942, focused on non-violent protests, involved bus boycott, Freedom rides, shifted to black power in 1960s

Question 25

SCLC info

Answer 25

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, formed in Atlanta in 1957, first president was Martin Luther King, non violent action& protest

Question 26

Black Panthers info

Answer 26

Miltant organisation, opposed to King's non-violence, founded by Seale and Newton 1966, exposing police brutality, seen as criminal by mainstream press

Question 27

When and where was the "separate but equal" doctrine found unconstitutional?

Answer 27

Brown vs Board of Education 1954

Question 28

What two laws did away with the Jim Crow laws?

Answer 28

Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Act of 1965

Question 29

Important events 1937-47

Answer 29

1941- law stated "No discrimination in employment of workers in defence industries/ government, because of race, creed, colour or national origin 1941-45- Adam Clayton (mixed-race politician) successfully campaigned for African American journalists to be accepted into congress and for African-American students into the US naval Academy 1946- President Truman creates President's Committee on Civil Rights 1957- Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers

Question 30

When did the Little Rock 9 enter Central High School?

Answer 30

Sep 4 1957

Question 31

Who was Orval Eugene Faubus?

Answer 31

The governor of Arkansas who fought against the desegregation of Central High

Question 32

What did Faubus do to prevent the Little Rock Nine?

Answer 32

He mobilized the Arkansas National Guard to prevent them from entering the school

Question 33

How did the Little Rock Nine eventually get to school?

Answer 33

Escorted by troops that President Eisenhower sent (101st Airbourne)

Question 34

When was Emmet Till murdered?

Answer 34

28 August 1955

Question 35

Who were his murderers, and when were they tried?

Answer 35

Bryant and Milam, September 1955

Question 36

When did the Montgomery Bus Boycott end and how many days did it last?

Answer 36

20 December 1956, 381 days

Question 37

How much was Martin Luther King Jr. fined for leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Answer 37

$500