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History (Edexcel)
USA: how did the civil rights movement develop between 1954-60?

Starter quiz

  • A ______ was a was a Southern Democrat party politician, known for their opposition to the civil rights movement.
    • 'dixiecrat' ✓
  • Which organisation was successful in taking Brown v Topeka to the Supreme Court?
    • NAACP  ✓
    • CORE
    • SCLC
  • Match the name of the person with the role they played in the civil rights move. Write the correct letter in each box.
    • Martin Luther King Jr
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      founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ✓
    • Elizabeth Eckford
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      was escorted into school by federal troops ✓
    • W.E.B. Du Bois
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      found the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People ✓
    • Daisy Bates
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      drove the Little Rock Nine to school ✓
  • Match the person or organisation with an example of the role they played in opposing the civil rights movement. Write the correct letter in each box.
    • Orval Faubus
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      told the National Guard to stop the enrolment of the Little Rock Nine ✓
    • Senator Thurmound
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      held the longest filibuster to date against the Civil Rights Act ✓
    • The KKK
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      were responsible for the brutal murder of Emmett Till ✓
    • White Citizens' Councils (WCC)
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      worked together to get civil rights activists fired from their jobs ✓
  • The phrase the ‘lost year’ refers to the closure of all the high schools in which area?
    • 'Little Rock' ✓
  • Which of the following were contributions made by Martin Luther King Jr. for the civil rights movement? Tick all of the correct statements.
    • He lead the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).  ✓
    • He helped organise the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.  ✓
    • He helped establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).  ✓
    • He passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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