Social Movements

During the mid-1800s, this network of secret routes and safe houses made it possible for many slaves to escape to the northern states where it was possible to live as free.

• Underground Railroad

• Underground Airlines

• The Subway

• The London Underground

What year did the Civil War end (and as a result, slavery)?

• 1776

• 1865

• 2020

• 2008

This organization was founded in 1909 to increase racial equality and challenge racist laws.

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• National Council of Negro Women

• Congress of Racial Equality

• National Urban League

Which of the following were used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote?

• Poll Taxes

• Literacy Tests

• Property Requirements

• All of the Above

What was the name for the group of laws that perpetuated segregation and discrimination on the basis of race, and made African Americans second-class citizens?

• John Brown laws

• Martin Luther King laws

• John Clark laws

• Jim Crow laws

After Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, this series of protests was meant to encourage integration of public transportation.

• Selma March

• Mississippi Freedom Rides

• Montgomery Bus Boycotts

• March on Washington

What was the name of the 1965 protest of continued challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans (Hint: MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech here)?

• Selma to Montgomery March

• March on Washington

• Mississippi Freedom March

• March on Charleston

What important right did women gain in 1920?

• They gained the right to own property.

• They gained the right to marry.

• They gained the right to attend school.

• They gained the right to vote.

What was a main demand of the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions?

• Men should not be allowed to attend future conventions.

• Enslaved African Americans should be freed.

• Discrimination against women should be ended.

• Women should be required to marry.

Elizabeth Blackwell broke an important barrier for women when she ____.

• divorced her husband

• started a college

• became a doctor

• argued for suffrage