8.1
Which state of the USA relied on slavery?
South
When was the Ku Klux Klan founded?
1866
Which year did the Montgomery bus boycott happen in?
1955
Which state did Martin Luther King say his famous "I have a dream" speech?
Washington
What were the main difference between the Black Power and the Black Panthers about their form of protest?
The Black Power never actually resorted to violence but the Black Panthers did.
What is the name of party founded in 1854 based in the North?
Republicans
Give 3 examples of areas with segregation (e.g. restaurant)
School, toilet, housing, public areas, bus
What's the name of the Black civil rights activist that sat in the 'Whites Only' part of a bus and refused to give up their seat to a white man?
Rosa Parks
2.On which year was the Civil Rights Act passed?
1964
State an example of the groups/organisation that the Civil Rights Movement inspired
Feminist organisations,Native American Groups, Gay Rights Movement
Why did the North win the American Civil War?
Higher population and vast industrial power
What will happen if Black Americans used white facilities?
Die, arrested, bullied by police (tortured)
Was Dwight D. Eisenhower a Democrat or Republican?
WHy did President Johnson rush to pass the Voting Rights Act in August?
Due to the police responding violently to a protest.
What was the date of Martin Luther King's death?
4 April 1968
Which year did Abraham Lincoln get elected as president?
1860
Why did the "Great Migration" happen?
Fleeting segregation, obtain freedom and to escape racial violence.
Name the common tactic of non-violent protesting that black students often practised.
Sit-ins
Why was Martin Luther King targeting Birmingham for marches and sit-ins in 1963?
Because it was the South's most segregated city / stronghold of the Ku Klux Klan / to provoke a violent crackdown
Why did Martin Luther King begin to voice more radical views as the American politics got harsher?
He feared that the Civil Rights Movement had ultimately only benefited the middle class Black people and began to suggest that the American system was cruel.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Why segregation was legal
The Supreme Court case (Plessy v. Ferguson) in 1896 ruled that segregation was wholly legal.
WHEN did the Civil Rights Movement take place?
1950s and 1960s
How were most Black Americans prevented to vote in the South?
They made it extremely difficult to register to vote as the registrar offices were only open a few days a month for a short period of time, Black Americans also had to go through a process involving highly complex tests
What were the ideas that Malcolm X had and what made the ideas of Malcolm X so different from the Civil Rights Movement?
Malcolm X believed King's non violent strategy was holding Black Americans back. This is because Malcolm X believed that Black Americans needed to rise up to create their own society.