Changing attitudes to race in the USA

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Revision questions on the treatment of black Americans between 1929 and 2000
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
What was the Black Power Movement?
Respuesta
  • A movement in the 1960's that called for separate communities for black people ran by black people, e.g. a black mayor, black police force, black judges...
  • A protest by black Americans in the 1960's to gain power over white Americans...
  • A series of protests that led black people to power in the 1960's...

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
The Civil Rights Movement was a movement in the USA for equal rights for black citizens.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
What does CORE stand for?
Respuesta
  • Centre Of Rights Education
  • Congress Of Racial Equality

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
What methods did Martin Luther King use to try and gain racial equality?
Respuesta
  • Mass non-violent civil disobedience methods such as protests, sit-ins and strikes
  • Extreme, violent methods like riots
  • Petitions

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Respuesta
  • The laws comedians had to follow in order to refrain from offending anyone.
  • The laws that allowed racism in comedic work
  • The laws that governed segregation in southern states

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
The Ku Klux Klan were a secret society of white Anglo-Saxon protestants who lynched black Americans.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Why were the freedom rides carried out?
Respuesta
  • To show that black Americans were free
  • To test the rulings of the Supreme Court
  • To try and get free bus passes for black Americans

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
The Great Depression is the name for the period in which black Americans were treated unequally.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False
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