Civil Rights

What event is best seen as the origin of the Black Lives Matter movement?

• The killing of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer

• The killing of Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman

• NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem

What is the main thing being protested by the Black Lives Matter Movement?

• Systematic violence against black communities

• Voter suppression within the South

• The role of social media in American Lives

What group of people were discriminated against when President Trump signed the executive order for a “Travel Ban”?

• Asian

• Muslim

• African American

• Hispanic

Which Amendment prohibits the government from denying the right to vote to citizens on the basis of gender?

• 1st Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What year were women allowed to vote in the United States of America?

• 1911

• 1920

• 2001

• 1903

What African American Civil Rights Leader stated, “Injustice Anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere”.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcolm X

• Barack Obama

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Black Americans have just as much educational opportunities today as white Americans?

• True

• False

What year was it legal for same sex couples to become married?

• 2015

• 1990

• 1901

• 1915

What year was the Baltimore riot?

• 1861

• 2015

• 1812

• All of the above

What does the term “privilege” mean within the social justice context?

• Access to something you earned and worked hard for to succeed in life

• Working hard to achieve a certain status and economic advancement

• Unearned access to resources in society due to race, gender, or physical/mental ability

• Equal opportunity to achieve