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6. SNCC stands for?

  • students nonviolence coordinating comittee
  • Students Nonviolent Coordinating Comittee
  • Students nonviolent caring comittee
  • Students Not Caring Comitte

7. How many protesters joined the march on Washington (28th August 1963)

  • 200,000-300,000
  • 5,000
  • 500,000
  • 250,000-400,000

8. when was truman's executive order finalised?

  • 26 th July 1948
  • 14th July 1947
  • 27th Juky 1948
  • 9th August 1950

9. When was the Civil Rights Act passed that banned discrimination in employment etc?

  • 2nd July 1964
  • 2nd June 1963
  • 2nd June 1964
  • 2nd July 1963

10. When was Selma Alabama?

  • 7th March 1965
  • 7th April 1965
  • 7th March 1963
  • 8th March 1965

11. When was MLK assassinated?

  • 4th April 1968
  • 4th June 1968
  • 4th May 1968
  • 4th April 1969

12. what did the SNCC do in Mississippi?

  • grassroots activism- wanted AAs to have share in political power
  • grassroots activism - wanted AAS to have a share in economic power
  • activism in the form of protests and sit ins
  • marches and boycotts

13. what did the 1961 freedom rides challenge?

  • bus time tables
  • segregation in interstate travel
  • bus seats
  • bus prices

14. what date did the boycotts and protests happen in Birmingham Alabama

  • 3rd April- 8th May 1963
  • 14th April-16th May 1964
  • 20th February- 19th April 1963
  • 3rd April-8th May 1964

15. When did Rosa Parks refuse to give her seat up?

  • 1st December 1955
  • 3rd Decemeber 1955
  • 31st November 1950
  • 1st December 1950

16. how many students joined the protest against woolworths on 1st february 1960

  • 500,000
  • 3,000
  • 70,000
  • 60,000

17. how many advocates were met with an '(o)rgy of police brutality'?

  • 600
  • 650
  • 6000
  • 700

18. what happened in albany georgia 1961-62?

  • the march on washington
  • 9 students started a protest which prompted ovefr 500 to join them including MLK, who was arrested, it failed as segregation remained in state facilities.
  • demonstraters boycotted merchants over easter to highlight the efforts of AAs
  • the watts riots