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HIGHER- ISUE 5-USA

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What two events occurred in 1955?

a)

Little Rock 9

b)

Emmett Till

c)

Brown vs Board

d)

Rosa Parks Bus Boycott

2.

When was the Little Rock 9?

a)

1939

b)

1940

c)

1955

d)

1957

3.

When did segregation in public school get ruled unconstitutional?

a)

1954

b)

1955

c)

1956

d)

1957

4.

Who took the case of Linda Brown to the Supreme Court?

a)

SNCC

b)

Her father

c)

NAACP

d)

MIA

5.

What famous march was in 1963?

a)

March on Selma

b)

March on Washington

c)

March on New York

d)

March on London

6.

How many people attended the March on Washington?

a)

100,000

b)

150,000

c)

250,000

d)

300,000

7.

What was passed one year after the March on Washington?

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Brown v’s Topeka

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Please v’s Ferguson

8.

Who advocated the use of peaceful protests?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Malcolm X

9.

Who advocated the use of violence when campaigning for civil rights?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Malcolm X

10.

Malcolm X was a member of the NAACP. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What leader had lots of support in Northern cities like Detroit?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Malcolm X

12.

What leader helped to gain the support of student protestors?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Stokely Carmichael

13.

How many black soldiers fought in WW2?

a)

1 million

b)

2million

c)

3 million

d)

4 million

14.

What executive order did President Roosevelt pass?

a)

8867

b)

8034

c)

8802

d)

8820

15.

What campaign developed during WW2?

a)

Double T

b)

Double V

c)

Triple T

d)

Double P

16.

What cases did the NAACP take on?

a)

Rosa Park boycotts

b)

Little Rock 9

c)

Emmett Till

d)

Linda Brown

17.

What organisation organised sit-ins and freedom rides?

a)

NAACP

b)

SNCP

c)

SNCC

d)

NSPB

18.

When was the SNCC founded?

a)

1908

b)

1909

c)

1957

d)

1960

19.

What black leader won the support of white Americans?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Malcolm X

20.

When was the NAACP founded?

a)

1900

b)

1912

c)

1913

d)

1909

21.

We’re schools fully desegregated after 1954?

a)

Yes

b)

No

22.

Who used the slogan ‘black is beautiful’ to promote black power and culture?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Stokely Carmichael