Starter quiz
- ______ is the keyword that means the use of demonstrations or protests to achieve a goal, rather than negotiation.
- 'Direct action' ✓
- The name of the woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man on 1st December 1955 was ______.
- 'Rosa Parks' ✓
- In which year did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin?
- 1955 ✓
- 1954
- 1957
- 1909
- 1942
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- Which of the following statements accurately describes the role of Martin Luther King Jr in the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Select all the statements that are true.
- King worked with local churches to organise carpools to support the boycott. ✓
- King encouraged people to support the boycott, giving a speech to 7000 people. ✓
- King became president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). ✓
- King was intimidated by opposition and withdrew support.
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- How did groups that opposed desegregation react to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
- The retaliation from some white Americans was immediate and violent. ✓
- There was minimal backlash to the boycott.
- Martin Luther King Jr’s home was bombed. ✓
- Many boycotters were fired from their jobs or arrested. ✓
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- The ______ was the name of the act passed by Eisenhower in 1957 which aimed to improve the lives of black Americans.
- 'Civil Rights Act' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the words with their definitions. Write the correct letter in each box.
- orator⇔a public speaker. ✓
- citizenship⇔a legally recognised member of a nation with rights and protections ✓
- act⇔a law passed by the government ✓
- Democrats⇔members of one of the two major political parties in the US ✓
- Which event threw King into the spotlight as one of the next major leaders of the civil rights movement? Select one correct answer.
- The Montgomery Bus Boycott ✓
- Little Rock
- Brown V Topeka
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- Which organisation did Martin Luther King help to set up in January 1957?
- the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) ✓
- MIA
- NAACP
- CORE
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- What were the aims of the ‘Crusade for Citizenship’ (1958)?
- increase voter registration amongst black Americans ✓
- increase the number of jobs available to black Americans
- increase the membership of the SCLC
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- ______ was the name of the civil rights leader who was involved in meetings with the president that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
- 'Martin Luther King Jr' ✓
- How did American people response to Eisenhower's passing of the 1957 Civil Rights Act? Select all of the statements that are true.
- Southern Democrats continued to support segregation. ✓
- Frustration: they saw it as a ‘watered down’ version. ✓
- It was critiqued for doing little more than restate laws existing laws. ✓
- Approving of the changes such as establishing the Commission on Civil Rights. ✓
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Key learning points
- After the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Martin Luther King emerged as an important leader of the movement.
- Martin Luther King established the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
- The SCLC organised a campaign for voter registration amongst black people.
- Eisenhower enforced a Civil Rights Bill, although it was considered 'watered down'.
Common misconception
Martin Luther King Jr had always been part of the civil rights movement.
King entered the spotlight following the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became a successful, popular leader as he was not associated with any large organisations.
Keywords
Orator - an orator is a public speaker
Registration - registration is the act of signing up to do something, for example voting
Citizenship - when you gain citizenship, you became a legally recognised member of a nation and have certain rights and protections under the law
Act - an act is a law passed by the government
Democrats - Democrats are members of one of the two major political parties in the US, Republicans are members of the other party
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