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What radical racist group was targeting African American's during the Civil Rights movement?

• KKI

• KKK

• KYP

• NVP

What law was being used to segregate African-Americans from White Americans?

(a)  

Although slavery had been abolished in 1863 African Americans were still subjected to unequal treatment in certain states in America.

Where were these states?

• Western States

• Northern States

• Southern States

• Eastern States

What 3 states were still practicing discrimination towards African-Americans?

• Vermont, West Virginia and Florida

• Illinois, Montana and Alabama

• Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia

Why were these racially discriminative laws being practiced in America?

(Jim Crow laws)

• Because the founding Fathers created the constitution

• It was to show African-Americans why America is great

• It was a passive manner of engraving new rules

• It was a way of keeping African Americans in a subordinate position to whites.

What doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• The constitution

• The Black Codes

• Apartheid

What work were African-American's allowed to perform?

• Given positions in government

• Unskilled work or manual labour

• They were expected to work as slaves

• They were not allowed to receive jobs

Who led the Montgomery Improvement Association?

• Malcolm X

• John F Kennedy

• Martin Luther King Jr

Why was the Montgomery Bus Boycott such a success?

• Because the bus drivers began to develop sympathy towards the African-Americans

• Many African Americans commuted using the municipal busses, the bus companies began to lose money

• The president began to notice the boycotts

• Because so many African-American's were violently fighting the bus drivers

What federal district court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional and therefore illegal?

• It was never outlawed

• Northern States

• Montana

• Alabama