6. Which of the following were involved in the boycott? : Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, President Kennedy, Claudette Colvin, Edgar Nixon, Stokely Carmichael, Jo Ann Robinson.
Edgar Nixon, Stokely Carmichael, Jo Ann Robinson, Claudette Colvin.
Martin Luther King, Edgar Nixon, Claudette Colvin, President Kennedy.
Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Edgar Nixon, Jo Ann Robinson.
Rosa Parks, Stokely Carmichael, Martin Luther King, Jo Ann Robinson.
Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin, Edgar Nixon, President Kennedy.
7. Why was Emmett Till murdered in 1955?
He went into a whites-only cafe and ordered a milkshake.
He was seen putting his arm around a white girl.
He wolf-whistled at a white shopkeeper.
He was trespassing on a white famer
He was kissing his white girlfriend in public.
8. What did Emmett Till's mother insist on?
That the killer come forward to pay compensation for her grief.
A retrial for Roy Bryant, the killer of Till, after his aquittal.
Her son having an open casket so that the world could see his mutilated body.
A search party be sent out to look for an additional body, as she could not recognise the mutilated body as her son.
9. Why did Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, say he was bringing in the National Guard at Little Rock High?
Because he had heard that armed student gangs were forming, and needed to keep the peace.
Because he was against desegregation, and would do what he could to prevent it.
Because the nine black students would need protection against racial abuse.
Because the school needed to be kept secure from news reporters and journalists, who would disrupt the children
10. Why did media coverage of the incident at Little Rock show the USA in a bad light?
It made the country appear aggressive and violent in that 1000 soldiers were needed just so that nine children could attend school.
It made the country appear hypocritical, having criticised the USSR on its human rights.
Other countries still held the racist views that were being challenged in America, and did not like seeing the black children in a white school.
11. The Greensboro sit-ins (1960) challenged the segregation in which chain cafe?
Woolworth
Starbucks
TGI Friday
Walmart
Marks and Spencer
12. Why were the freedom rides (1961) called 'an act of calculated martyrdom'?
Interstate buses were segregated, and the riders would be breaking the law to ride them.
The riders planned to drive the bus off a cliff when they reached Alabama.
The riders knew they would be attacked
The riders knew they would be ostracized from CORE for doing something so stupid.
The riders planned to commit suicide en route as a political statement.
13. How did the 1963 freedom marches encourage President LBJ to pass the Civil Rights Act?
The police went on strike, refusing to defend against any further marches.
Brutality against the marchers led to national outcry when shown on television.
The marchers were so persistent, holding marches almost daily.
He knew that he would be the victim of violence if he didn
14. During which Freedom March did Martin Luther King give his famous 'I have a dream' speech?
Selma
Washington
Birmingham
Albany
Meredith
15. Which of the following Black American groups did NOT become radicalised in the late 1960s?
BPP
NAACP
SNCC
NoI
CORE
16. Why did Malcolm X reject his surname, 'Little'?
He thought the name would detract from the gravity of his campaign, as people would not take him seriously.
He said this would have been the name his family received from slave owners when shipped over from Africa, and he did not know his true name.
He did not want to be traced by the police, so continually changed his name.
17. The Black Panther Party's main aim was to gain power by attacking the police force.
False
True
18. In what year and what city were the olympics held when Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a Black Power salute on the podium?
Berlin, 1968
Berlin, 1963
Mexico, 1968
Mexico, 1964
Berlin, 1964
19. In what year was King awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
1963
1965
1964
1962
1966
20. What did the 1964 Civil Rights Act make illegal?
The obstruction of black Americans trying to vote.
Racial discrimination in public places.
The poll tax which was previously charged for black Americans trying to vote.
