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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Question 1

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What was the Black Power Movement?
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  • 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...

Question 2

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

Question 3

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

Question 4

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

Question 5

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What were the Jim Crow Laws?
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  • 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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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Why were the freedom rides carried out?
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  • 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

Question 8

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