A movement in the 1960's that called for separate communities for black people ran by black people, e.g. a black mayor, black police force, black judges...
A protest by black Americans in the 1960's to gain power over white Americans...
A series of protests that led black people to power in the 1960's...
Question 2
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The Civil Rights Movement was a movement in the USA for equal rights for black citizens.
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True
False
Question 3
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What does CORE stand for?
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Centre Of Rights Education
Congress Of Racial Equality
Question 4
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What methods did Martin Luther King use to try and gain racial equality?
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Mass non-violent civil disobedience methods such as protests, sit-ins and strikes
Extreme, violent methods like riots
Petitions
Question 5
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What were the Jim Crow Laws?
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The laws comedians had to follow in order to refrain from offending anyone.
The laws that allowed racism in comedic work
The laws that governed segregation in southern states
Question 6
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The Ku Klux Klan were a secret society of white Anglo-Saxon protestants who lynched black Americans.
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True
False
Question 7
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Why were the freedom rides carried out?
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To show that black Americans were free
To test the rulings of the Supreme Court
To try and get free bus passes for black Americans
Question 8
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The Great Depression is the name for the period in which black Americans were treated unequally.