The Freedom Riders: Australian and American Civil Rights

Which American city saw 300 000 people march for civil rights in 1963?

• Cleveland

• Denver

• Los Angeles

• Washington

_________ was the person whose action led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr

• Emmett Till

• John F Kennedy

Which strategy did Martin Luther King adopt to try and bring about positive change for civil rights in the United States?

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Violent civil disobedience

• Nonviolent civil disobedience

In which year did the American Freedom Rides start?

• 1960

• 1961

• 1962

• 1963

The group which launched violent attacks on the Freedom Riders was the __________.

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Tea Party

• Ku Klux Klan

Which of the following happened to nonviolent protesters, including children, during civil rights campaigns in Birmingham, Alabama?

• Clubbed by police

• Attacked by police dogs

• Sprayed with water canons

• All of the above

What term does Gary Foley use to describe the system he grew up under in NSW in the 1960s?

• Australian Apartheid

• South African Apartheid

• Segregation

• Assimilation

What technological development does Gary Foley give credit to for raising awareness of civil rights in Australia?

• The arrival of radio

• The arrival of television

• The Internet

• The telephone

Why were Sydney University students criticised after marching on the US Embassy in support of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill before Congress?

• Political protests were previously unheard of in Australia

• They were told to focus on the situation for Aboriginal Australians

• The march degenerated into a wild brawl through the streets of Sydney

• They refused to allow women to march in order to protect them from possible violence

If the protest by Sydney University students in support of the US Civil Rights Act is seen as the cause, what was the immediate effect?

• Freedom Rides

• Assimilation

• The 1967 Referendum

• The formation of SAFA – Student Action for Aborigines