Background to Key Topic 2: The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-62

For the A Divided Union? The USA 1945-70 edexcel gcse history exam

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1. Black Americans are descended from the slaves brought over from Africa to work the tobacco, cotton and sugar plantations. They were theoretically freed in what year?

  • 1897
  • 1840
  • 1863
  • 1901
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2. When was the NAACP founded?

  • 1945
  • 1902
  • 1909
  • 1949

3. How many states had segregated schools as a result of the Jim Crow Laws?

  • 15
  • 32
  • 45
  • 28

4. In the ... black people had their own separate cafes, cinema, transport and toilets.

  • southern states in the USA
  • northern states in the USA

5. By ... the NAACP had 460,000 members, ... times its membership in 1940.

  • By 1950 the NAACP had 460,000 members, 6 times its membership in 1940.
  • By 1946 the NAACP had 460,000 members, 10 times its membership in 1940.
  • By 1948 the NAACP had 460,000 members, 7 times its membership in 1940.
  • By 1945 he NAACP had 460,000 members, 9 times its membership in 1940.
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