American Civil Rights

What were Jim Crow laws?

• Laws that legalised slavery

• Laws that legalised segregation

• Laws that prohibited African Americans from leaving the country

• Laws that denied African Americans an education

Why could 'Jim Crow' seen to be a racist figure?

• Because he was rooted in West African culture

• Because he was an African mythical creature

• Because he advocated for the segregation of white Americans and African Americans

• Because he was portrayed by white actors who blackened their skin and danced in over exaggerated ways

What did Rosa Park's action of refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger lead to in 1955?

• Montgomery bus boycott

• the civil rights movement

• 1963 March on Washington

• Desegregation of the transport system

Select the correct answers: What aspects of community life were segregated under the Jim Crow laws?

• Schools

• Sports

• Housing

• Bathrooms

• Employment

What methods of protest did Martin Luther King advocate for?

• Violent, direct action

• Rallies and marches

• Non-violent, civil disobedience

Select all correct answers: What types of protests did the activities engage in?

• Sit ins (cafes, waiting rooms)

• read ins (libraries)

• Freedom rides

• Walk ins

• marches

Which area in America was segregation and racial intolerance the worst?

• Northern states

• Western states

• Southern states

• The whole country was the same

What was the aim of the 1961 Freedom Rides?

• To create a legal crises: abide by federal law but challenge the state law of segregation

• To get media coverage depicting the violence against African American citizens

• To show white Americans that African Americans were people and deserved the same rights and freedoms

• To bring it to the attention of the world the treatment of African Americans

Did the use of media help the Freedom Riders and the wider Civil Right movement?

• True

• False

What were the goals of the 1963 March on Washington? (multi answer)

• Force the government to outlaw segregation

• Pressure government into passing bill that would improve employment for African Americans

• Stage and event that would attract world wide media atention

• Desegregate workplaces and schools