African American Studies Unit Test 2 Review

When African Americans refused to ride the public busses as a sign of protest; this began when Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• 15th Amendment

Which of the following BEST describes the significance of Emmett Till?

• His death showed that Black people in the south should have followed the social rules.

• His death showed that Black people should have never been living in the south.

• His death demonstrated the racial customs and segregated legal system of the South.

• His death showed that young people did not have a place in the movement.

About how many youth participated in the second day of the Children’s March?

• 1,000

• 200

• 50

• 6

When did Malcolm Little change his name to Malcolm X?

• When he first went to jail

• When his dad died

• When he joined the Nation of Islam

• When he dropped out of school

Which of the following enforced racial segregation in the South?

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

I worked for racial equality.  Many heard my "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.  I was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

• Jackie Robinson
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks

What was the nickname of the nine Black teens that integrated a high school in Arkansas?

• Little Arkansas Nine

• Little Rock Nine

• The Montgomery Nine

• The Montgomery Teens

What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• African Americans were allowed to ride for free

• it segregated buses in America

•  Rosa Parks served six months in jail

• it helped de-segregate buses in America

Which is the best definition for segregation?

• to refuse to spend money at places that do not treat all races equally

• the practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups.

• the process of legally ending separation of the races

• allowing people to choose which race they want to belong to

What was the name of the white supremacist that was finally (after 31 years) arrested for the murder of Medgar Evers?

• Byron De La Beckwith

• Orval Faubus

• James Earl Ray

• Lee Harvey Oswald