Social Developments: Developments for African Americans from 1945-75 2

Question 1

What does SNCC stand for?

Answer 1

Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee

Question 2

What year did the SNCC start their sit-ins?

Answer 2

1960

Question 3

How did the SNCC start with their protest movements?

Answer 3

They did sit-ins

Question 4

A week after the first SNCC sit-in, how many people participated in them?

Answer 4

100 people

Question 5

How many SNCC sit-ins had there been by the end of 1960?

Answer 5

80 sit-ins

Question 6

How many people participated in sit-ins in 1961?

Answer 6

70,000 people

Question 7

How did the SNCC want to manage their campaigns in terms of violence initially?

Answer 7

They were non-violent

Question 8

What does CORE stand for?

Answer 8

Congress Of Racial Equality

Question 9

What form of peaceful protest did the Congress Of Racial Equality do?

Answer 9

Freedom Rides

Question 10

When year did the Congress Of Racial Equality do freedom rides? (To the month)

Answer 10

June 1961

Question 11

Why did the Congress Of Racial Equality organise freedom rides in June 1961?

Answer 11

It was when Khrushchev was visiting the USA

Question 12

What happened to 2 buses in the freedom rides?

Answer 12

They were bombed

Question 13

What did the chief of police allow once freedom ride buses got to Alabama?

Answer 13

Allowed a White mob to attack them for 15 minutes

Question 14

Who was an African American Civil Rights activist that did not want groups to have a single leader?

Answer 14

Ella Baker

Question 15

What year were buses desegregated?

Answer 15

1961

Question 16

What did Ella Baker encourage the SNCC to do in terms of what they advocated for?

Answer 16

Encouraged the SNCC to focus on larger issues

Question 17

How did Ella Baker feel about the SCLC with Martin Luther King being a leader under it?

Answer 17

She opposed it

Question 18

What rights did the SNCC start focussing on in 1961?

Answer 18

Voting rights

Question 19

Who did the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee get funding from to help with voter education?

Answer 19

They got funding from the federal government

Question 20

What did the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee want in terms of protection with voter education practices?

Answer 20

They wanted federal protection

Question 21

Did the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee ever obtain federal protection?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

Why did the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee start their voter education campaign in Mississippi?

Answer 22

It was one of the most racist states

Question 23

Had the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee succeeded with voter education in Mississippi by 1966?

Answer 23

No

Question 24

Due to the voter education failure in Mississippi, what did the SNCC switch to supporting in 1967?

Answer 24

Switched to supporting Black Power

Question 25

What year was the Albany Campaign?

Answer 25

1962

Question 26

Who organised the Albany Campaign?

Answer 26

Martin Luther King

Question 27

When King's peaceful protests were met with violent police forces, how did the media react?

Answer 27

They reported on it

Question 28

When the media reported on attacks on peaceful protestors, what would happen to the Civil Rights message?

Answer 28

It would be spread further

Question 29

How did the Chief of Police at Albany manage King's protest?

Answer 29

He did not respond violently

Question 30

What did the Albany Chief of Police do once all of the civil rights protestors had been arrested?

Answer 30

He paid for all of their bail

Question 31

How did Robert Kennedy respond to the Chief of Police's handling of the Albany march?

Answer 31

He congratulated them

Question 32

What organisation was King the leader of?

Answer 32

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Question 33

With King including a religious aspect in his movement, what type of movement was he positioning obtaining civil rights as?

Answer 33

Positioning it as a moral movement

Question 34

What social class was Martin Luther King from?

Answer 34

Middle class

Question 35

What year did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference organise the Birmingham marches?

Answer 35

1963

Question 36

Did Birmingham have a black or white majority living there?

Answer 36

Black majority

Question 37

Who did the Southern Christian Leadership resort to using in their Birmingham marches after a week?

Answer 37

Children

Question 38

How did the Chief of Police respond to the children's protests?

Answer 38

They attacked the children

Question 39

How did the media respond to the Birmingham children attacks?

Answer 39

They opposed it

Question 40

What year was segregation made illegal in Birmingham?

Answer 40

1963

Question 41

What act did Kennedy propose in 1963?

Answer 41

Civil Rights Act

Question 42

What did Kennedy's proposed 1963 Civil Rights Act bring an end to?

Answer 42

Segregation

Question 43

What percentage of African Americans living in Selma had registered to vote?

Answer 43

5%

Question 44

What year was the Selma March?

Answer 44

1965

Question 45

What did police officers do during the 1965 Selma March?

Answer 45

They attacked the marchersd

Question 46

What law did Johnson pass in response to the 1965 Selma Attack?

Answer 46

1965 Voting Rights Act

Question 47

What year did the 1963 Civil Rights Act actually end up being passed?

Answer 47

1964

Question 48

By what year had 60% of African Americans in the South registered to vote?

Answer 48

1969

Question 49

What did Martin Luther King say about the civil rights movement in 1967?

Answer 49

It still had a lot to accomplish