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Question 1

What year was slavery abolished

Answer 1

1865

Question 2

What happened Emmett Till and why?

Answer 2

Lynched for flirting with a white women

Question 3

What was executive order 8802

Answer 3

Banned racial discrimination in the army

Question 4

What number had NAACP membership reached by 1946

Answer 4

600 000

Question 5

What does NAACP stand for

Answer 5

National Association for the Advancements of coloured people

Question 6

What does CORE stand for?

Answer 6

Congress of racial equality

Question 7

When did the Montgomery bus boycott begin?

Answer 7

1955

Question 8

How long did the Montgomery bus boycott last?

Answer 8

380 days

Question 9

Which 2 influential people are associated with the Montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 9

Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks

Question 10

State 2 principles of non-violent protest

Answer 10

Sit-ins, white only facilities

Question 11

In what year was the civil rights act passed?

Answer 11

1964

Question 12

What president passed the civil rights act?

Answer 12

LBJ

Question 13

What year was Brown vs Board of Education?

Answer 13

1954

Question 14

What was the name of the student that didn’t get the message to not to go to Little Rock school?

Answer 14

Elizabeth Eckford

Question 15

When was the Greensboro sit in?

Answer 15

1960

Question 16

Where did the Greensboro sit in take place?

Answer 16

Diner

Question 17

Why did the Greensboro sit in end?

Answer 17

There was a bomb threat - students removed and arrested

Question 18

What does SNCC stand for?

Answer 18

Student non-violence coordinate committee

Question 19

Who organised the freedom rides in 1961?

Answer 19

James Farmer - a member of CORE

Question 20

What was the purpose of the freedom rides in 1961?

Answer 20

To check if the bus toilets were de-segregated

Question 21

What was the nickname given to Birmingham, Alabama and why?

Answer 21

Bombingham because there were firebombs all around the city

Question 22

What did Martin Luther King aim to do in Birmingham?

Answer 22

De-segregate the whole city

Question 23

Name one famous singer that joined king in his match in Washington in 1963?

Answer 23

Bob Dylan

Question 24

How many volunteers were sent to the south in 1964 to encourage black people to vote?

Answer 24

45

Question 25

After the first day of the freedom summer in 1964, how many went missing?

Answer 25

3

Question 26

How many black people applied to vote the year of freedom summer, 1964?

Answer 26

17,000

Question 27

How many were accepted to vote in 1964?

Answer 27

1,600

Question 28

What was Malcolm X’s real name?

Answer 28

Malcolm little

Question 29

What did Malcolm X believe about peaceful protest?

Answer 29

He believed peaceful protest would never work and advocated violence

Question 30

Who led the SNCC in 1965?

Answer 30

Stockely Charmichael

Question 31

Where did riots take place in 1964?

Answer 31

Chicago

Question 32

What was the Northern Crusade, 1966?

Answer 32

MLK wanted to get better living rights for blacks in the North however, he failed

Question 33

When was Martin Luther King assassinated?

Answer 33

4th April 1968

Question 34

Which act was passed in 1965 and what did it do?

Answer 34

Voting rights Act, gained everyone the right to vote

Question 35

What percent of black Americans were registered to vote in 1980?

Answer 35

60%

Question 36

Who were the BIA?

Answer 36

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Question 37

What is Termination?

Answer 37

Native Americans were freed from federal control and protected by US law but tribal land was put up for sale

Question 38

Name 2 laws passed to help native Americans

Answer 38

Native education Act 1972, Indian financing Act 1974, Indian self-determination act 1975

Question 39

What issue wasn’t resolved that would’ve helped Native Americans?

Answer 39

The return of sacred land

Question 40

What was the Bracero programme?

Answer 40

Guaranteed Mexicans the same wage as existing workers

Question 41

Name two issues against Hispanic Americans

Answer 41

They were paid less, didn’t have equal rights, discriminated against, poor living/working conditions.

Question 42

Name 2 leading figures in the Hispanics civil rights movement

Answer 42

Cesar Chavez, Gonzales, Jose Angel

Question 43

Who were the brown berets?

Answer 43

Young militant organisation set up in 1967, copied the black panthers, campaigned against police brutality and led school walk outs

Question 44

What year did the Supreme Court declare Hispanics as equal citizens?

Answer 44

1954

Question 45

What did the Cuban American Adjustment act say?

Answer 45

All Cubans that lived in America for a year were permanent residents

Question 46

What did congress say about homosexuality in the 1950s?

Answer 46

It was a mental illness

Question 47

What was the Stonewall Inn riot?

Answer 47

28th June 1969, police raided a gay bar, the people in the inn rioted back

Question 48

In 1977, how many people agreed with equal rights for gay people?

Answer 48

Over 50%

Question 49

In what year was Harvey Milk assassinated?

Answer 49

1978 (27th November)