Starter quiz
- Which laws segregated all public facilities, schools, restaurants and theatres?
- 'The Jim Crow laws' ✓
- Which of these statements best describes the areas affected by segregation in the USA?
- Only the southern states of the USA
- Only the northern states of the USA
- All of the states of the USA
- Every southern state and some of the northern states of the USA ✓
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- Which of the following describe the treatment of Black Americans in politics?
- All Black Americans had the right to vote. ✓
- Black Americans faced political discrimination. ✓
- Many Black Americans were stopped from voting by violence. ✓
- Many Black Americans could not vote for a political representative. ✓
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- Which word means 'to kill someone for an offence without a trial'?
- 'Lynch' ✓
- Complete the sentence. The outcome of Plessy v Ferguson was that segregation was legal as long as it was ...
- 'separate but equal' ✓
- In which court was Plessy v Ferguson passed?
- Plessy v Ferguson was passed in the Supreme Court. ✓
- Plessy v Ferguson was passed in the local courts.
- Plessy v Ferguson was passed in the State Supreme Courts.
- Plessy v Ferguson was passed in the Federal Courts.
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Exit quiz
- Where were the civil rights organisations based?
- Civil rights organisations only worked in the northern states.
- Civil rights organisations worked across the USA. ✓
- The NAACP and CORE were established in northern states. ✓
- Members of the NAACP and CORE participated in demonstrations in the South. ✓
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- Which of the following statements about the NAACP are correct?
- The NAACP was founded in 1909. ✓
- The NAACP chose to fight racial injustice in the courts. ✓
- By 1919, the NAACP had failed to challenge any form of segregation.
- By 1919, the NAACP had around 90 000 members, made up only of Black Americans.
- By 1946, the NAACP had around 600 000 members. ✓
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- Which of the following statements about CORE is correct?
- CORE was formed in 1942. ✓
- CORE used non-violent direct action to challenge segregation. ✓
- CORE used violent action to challenge segregation.
- CORE was set up by a group of Black and White students. ✓
- CORE was was set up by a group of Black students.
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- Match the words with their definitions.
- Civil rights⇔the rights of everyone to political and social freedom and equality ✓
- Direct action⇔the use of demonstrations or protests to achieve a goal ✓
- Boycott⇔when you refuse to use a service as a form of protest ✓
- The keyword used to describe the non-violent protest that took place in Greensboro 1960 under the organisation of CORE is...
- 'sit-ins' ✓
- Which famous civil rights leader started their journey as an activist in a church?
- Martin Luther King Jr ✓
- W.E.B. Du Bois
- Ida B. Wells
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Key learning points
- The NAACP and the CORE were created to fight against racial injustice.
- The NAACP was founded in 1909 and would mainly challenge segregation in the courts.
- CORE was formed in 1942 and used non-violent direct action to challenge segregation.
- Church organisations played an important role in the civil rights movement, especially in the South.
Common misconception
Civil rights organisations only worked in the north.
Civil rights organisations worked across the USA, although they would get more support from white Americans in northern states and would therefore seem more successful in the north.
Keywords
Injustice - when something is not carried out fairly or justly it is called injustice
Civil rights - civil rights are the rights of everyone to have political and social freedom and equality
Direct action - direct action is the use of demonstrations or protests to achieve a goal, rather than negotiation
Boycott - when you refuse to use a service as a form of protest, it is known as a boycott
Sit-ins - sit-ins are a form of protest when you sit somewhere and refuse to move
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