Greensboro and the sit-in movement | History | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Who did Eisenhower send in to support the students at Little Rock High School?

state troops

the police

federal troops ✓
Which statement below best describes what was known as 'the lost year'?

When all of Little Rock's public high schools were closed for a year ✓

When students in Little Rock boycotted the schools in the area

When the staff of Little Rock's public high schools boycotted the schools
Which of the following organisations was involved in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954?

CORE

SNCC

SCLC

NAACP ✓
The name for the campaign to secure a victory over the Axis powers and a victory over segregation in American is the ______

'Double V Campaign' ✓
In which year was the brutal murder of Emmett Till?

1954

1956

1955 ✓
A ______ is when people decide not to buy things from, use the services of, or take part in activities with a certain company or country to show they don't agree with something it's doing.

'boycott' ✓

Match the words with their definitions. Write the correct letter in each box

desegregate

⇔

to stop people being separated or kept apart by force ✓

lynch

⇔

kill someone for an offence without trial, usually by an armed group ✓

segregate

⇔

When different groups of people are forcefully kept separate or apart ✓
In which year was the Greensboro sit-in?

1954

1955

1956

1960 ✓
The Greensboro sit-in led to the formation of which organisation?

SNCC ✓

SCLC

CORE
Which organisation gave the SNCC $800 to help set up an organisation that would continue to support the desegregation of dining facilities across the USA.

CORE

NAACP

SCLC ✓
In which year were the Freedom Rides?

1956

1957

1960

1961 ✓
Which organisation did Stokely Carmichael join in the late 1960s?

SNCC

SCLC

Black Power ✓

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Although many universities had segregated by 1960, many facilities used by students were still segregated.
The Greensboro sit-in was organised by students.
The sit-in was successful, and became another example of the effectiveness of non-violent direct action.
The success of the sit-in led to the formation of SNCC.
SNCC went on to play a leading role in the civil rights movement.

The civil rights movement was always co-ordinated and led by older men and women.

In the 1960s, there was a shift in the civil rights movement as students began to take a leading role in the fight against racial injustice.

Desegregate - to desegregate is to stop people being separated or kept apart by force (segregation)
Sit-in - to sit somewhere and refuse to move as a form of protest
Direct action - direct action is the use of demonstrations or protest to achieve a goal, rather than negotiation
Voter registration - voter registration is the act of signing up to be able to vote, which often involves meeting certain criteria