Fannie Lou Hamer
Q: "What was Fannie Lou Hamer fighting for?"
A. Lower taxes
B. Voting rights and Black political power
C. Becoming a movie star
B. Voting rights and Black political power ✅
Q. Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating the end of what?
A. Oppression
B. Colonization
C. Slavery
C. Slavery ✅
The day, June 19th 1865, is significant for the abolition of slavery because it was the day that the remaining enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their Freedom from bondage.
True or False: On Election Day you can vote past 8p as long as you are in line before 8p?
True
False
TRUE ✅ If you are in line, stay in line. Also, you are allowed leave your job to vote on Election Day if you haven't voted by then.
Q: "Which organization successfully led the campaign to remove police officers from Madison public schools in 2020 after years of youth organizing?"
A. The NAACP
B. Freedom, Inc.
C. The American Civil Liberties Union
B. Freedom, Inc. ✅
Q: "Which constitutional amendment says people cannot be denied the right to vote because of race?"
A. 1st Amendment
B. 15th Amendment
C. 22nd Amendment
B. 15th Amendment ✅
Although the 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, many Black people were still prevented from voting for nearly another century through violence and discriminatory laws.
Q: "What happened to Fannie Lou Hamer after she tried to register to vote?"
A. She won an election.
B. She lost her job and faced violence.
C. She became a movie star.
B. She lost her job and faced violence. ✅
Hamer was fired from the plantation where she lived and worked after attempting to register to vote. She was also jailed and brutally beaten because of her activism.
What is important to remember about why we celebrate Juneteenth?
A. We freed ourselves! The fight for freedom, has been whitewashed and does not acknowlege the 250 year fight for the end of slavery.
B. Juneteenth is more than a celebration! We are not fighting for recognition, but for better material conditions.
C. We are still not free! This fight does not end until the eradication of our current systems. (Community Control)
D. All of the Above
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!!!!
Q: What do you need to register to vote
A.Valid ID (driver's license, state ID, School ID, etc)
B. Proof of Residency (utility bills, Pay stubs, etc)
C. Both A & B
C. Both A & B ✅ You need a valid ID and Proof of residency
Also, in Wisconsin, you can register to vote and vote on Election Day
Q: "Which Civil Rights leader called the vote "the most powerful nonviolent tool we have in a democratic society"? "
A.Obama
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
C. Stokely Carmichael
B. Martin Luther King Jr. ✅
King believed that winning the right to vote was essential because it gave Black communities the power to shape laws, elect accountable leaders, and continue the broader struggle for racial justice.
Q: "Which law banned literacy tests and many other forms of voter discrimination?"
A. The Patriot Act
B. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
C. The Affordable Care Act
B. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ✅
The Voting Rights Act became law only after years of organizing, arrests, boycotts, and protests led by Black communities.
Q: "Which organization did Fannie Lou Hamer help create?"
A. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
B. Girl Scouts
C. Freedom Inc
A. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ✅
How many enslaved people are estimated to have been freed through the Underground Railroad?
A. 20,000
B. 40,000
c. 50,000
D. 100,000
D. 100,000
And that's who we know of - Harriet Tubman was doing her Thing!!
Q: "What does a Poll Worker do?"
A. Helps voters at polling locations and checks for voter eligibility
B. Announce the results of the elections
C. Nothing
A ✅ Helps voters at polling locations and checks for voter eligibility
You can also sign up to be a poll worker!!
Q: "Malcolm X compared a ballot to what?"
A. A hammer
B. A bullet
C. A flag
B. A bullet ✅
In his famous speech "The Ballot or the Bullet," Malcolm X argued that voting is powerful only when people use it strategically to demand real change, not simply out of habit or party loyalty.
Q: "What was the purpose of poll taxes?"
A. To build new polling places.
B. To stop poor people, especially Black voters, from voting.
C. To pay election workers.
B. To stop poor people, especially Black voters, from voting. ✅
Poll taxes were one of many Jim Crow laws designed to suppress Black political power.
Q: "Fannie Lou Hamer became nationally known after speaking at:"
A. The Democratic National Convention
B. The Super Bowl
C. The Academy Awards
A. The Democratic National Convention
What is the name of the largest slave rebellion where in 1739, Black people raided a warehouse executing the white owners and placing their heads on the front steps. The rebellion lasted for over a week and gained the support of over 100 enslaved people.
A. Stono Rebellion
B. Rise Up Rebellion
c. 2020 Uprisings
A. Stono Rebellion
Q: What is election fraud?
A. Voting on election day at the correct location
B. Registering to vote
C. Illegal actions taken to change election results
C. ✅ Illegal actions taken to change election results
This can include illegal activities such as ballot tampering, impersonation, coercion into voting for a particular candidate, or a deliberate misrepresentation of the election process.
Q: "What did Freedom Schools teach during Freedom Summer?"
A. Only math
B. Black history, organizing, and civic participation
C. Military training
B. Black history, organizing, and civic participation ✅
Q: "Which U.S. Supreme Court decision weakened key protections of the Voting Rights Act in 2013?"
A. Brown v. Board of Education
B. Roe v. Wade
C. Shelby County v. Holder
C. Shelby County v. Holder ✅
The decision removed the requirement that some states with histories of discrimination get federal approval before changing voting laws. Many states passed new voting restrictions soon afterward.
Q: "Finish this famous quote:
"I'm sick and tired..."
A. "...of waiting in line."
B. "...of being sick and tired."
C. "...of elections."
B. "...of being sick and tired." ✅
Q: What organization inspired free breakfast programs in schools through its Free Meal Community Control program
A. Freedom Inc.
B. The Black Panther Party
C. The Black Collective
B. The Black Panther Party
The BPP Free Meal Program inspired our summer program for elementary-aged youth called Books and Breakfast.
Q: "In 1975 what amendment was included in the Voters Rights Act?"
A. Requires areas with many people who don't speak English well to provide election information in those voters' languages
B. Interpreters must be at the polls
C. Asian people can not vote
**There are currently over 300 jurisdictions that are covered by this section and 53 of those are required to provide language assistance in an Asian language.
A. Requires areas with many people who don't speak English well to provide election information in those voters' languages ✅
Q: "Which group often carried guns to protect Civil Rights workers in the South? "
A. The Boy Scouts
B. Deacons for Defense and Justice
C. The Red Cross
B. Deacons for Defense and Justice ✅
Q: "Which of these is considered a form of voter suppression?"
A. Offering language assistance at the polls.
B. Providing rides to vote.
C. Closing polling places in communities of color or making it harder to vote.
C. Closing polling places in communities of color or making it harder to vote. ✅
Throughout U.S. history, voter suppression has included literacy tests, poll taxes, intimidation, purging voter rolls, reducing polling locations, and limiting access to mail or early voting.