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WorksheetsBlackkklansman by Spike Lee - Cultural Elements
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is Stokely Carmichael’s rhetoric?
Black Power
Freedom Now
When was Lucy Fryer murdered?
In 1926
In 1916
Who are the leaders of the Black Panthers?
Bobby Seale and Angela Davis
Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton
When did the United States get directly involved in the Vietnam War?
From 1974 onwards
From 1964 onwards
Who is David Duke?
The former head of the KKK
The current head of the KKK
A white nationalist
What is “jive talk”?
The argot of jazz
A slang developed in blues
Who lost the American Civil War (1861 – 1865)?
The Northern states
The Confederate states
The Southern states
The Union
When did we start using the term African-Americans to refer to black Americans?
In the 1990s
In the 19th century
Which party/ies did Angela Davis join?
The Communist Party
The Democratic Party
The Black Panthers Party
What does WASP stand for?
White Anglo-Saxon Proponent
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
What is W.E.B. Dubois’s concept of “twoness”?
The idea that black Americans have two divided identities : being American and being a Negro.
The idea that the American nation is divided by race.
Where is the movie Gone with the wind set?
In the American South
In the American North
In an imaginary world
Why did the Pilgrim Fathers flee on board The Mayflower?
Because of religious persecutions
Because of the Irish Potato Famine
What happened to President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963?
He was elected President.
He was murdered.
What is the old Boston Tea Party?
It is the rebellion of settlers against taxes on tea imposed by Britain.
It is the attack on settlers by the Mohawk Indians.
How many Klan’s men infiltrated NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command)?
There were three.
There were two.
There were four.
The movie The Birth of a Nation …
… criticizes the KKK.
…praises the KKK.
...stands up for equality.
Who was Heather Heyer?
She was an anti-racist activist.
She was a victim in Charlottesville.
She was a white nationalist.
What happened in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017?
There was a white nationalist rally.
There was a counterprotest.
There was a boycott.
Who killed Heather Heyer?
A white nationalist
Charlottesville police officers.
