Martin Luther King Jr

History

100

What time period were slaves brought over to America? 

1600s

200

What crops were the slaves mainly working on?

Tobacco and cotton 

300

What was one of the main reasons for the Civil War?

Slavery

400

In which amendment of the United States was slavery abolished 

13th 

Segregation

100

True or False? White facilities and colored facilities were equally nice

False

200

What were the laws that supported segregation called?

Jim crow laws

300

In the Jim Crow laws places were supposed to be "separate but _____" 

equal

400

What were consequences for those who did not follow Jim Crow Laws?

jail, fine, humiliation or being attacked

MLK Activism

100

Finish the statement for Martin Luther King's most famous speech "I have a _____"

dream

200

What prize did Martin Luther King win? 

Nobel Peace Prize

300

Who inspired Martin Luther King's philosophy of nonviolence? 

Gandhi

400

What was the Montgomery bus boycott?

Activists stopped riding the bus until it was desegregated

Remembering MLK

100

Where is the Martin Luther King Jr memorial located?

Washington DC

200

How did Martin Luther King Jr die?

He was shot

300

How old was Martin Luther King Jr when he died?

39

400

When is Martin Luther King Jr day celebrated? 

Third Monday of January