Starter quiz
- Temporary schools set up in Mississippi to help overcome the inequalities in schooling were known as ______.
- 'Freedom Schools' ✓
- Who ordered his officers to use dogs and powerful fire hoses on the protesters in the Birmingham campaign?
- Orval Faubus
- George Wallace
- Ross Barnett
- Bull Connor ✓
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- At which famous march did Martin Luther King give his 'I have a dream speech'?
- March on Washington ✓
- March on Mississipi
- March on Alabama
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into the order in which they happened. Use numbers to show the correct order.
- 1⇔Freedom Rides
- 2⇔Montgomery Bus Boycott
- 3⇔Greensboro sit-ins
- 4⇔Passing of the Civil Rights Act
- Which two of the following statements are correct?
- In April 1963, CORE and ACMHR launched the Birmingham campaign.
- The Birmingham campaign quickly gained a lot of support. ✓
- On 12th June, King was arrested and wrote the ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’. ✓
- King was released from jail after 8 days, despite not having Kennedy's support.
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- Which of the following statements is the best definition of direct action?
- use of demonstrations or protests to achieve a goal, rather than negotiation ✓
- negotiation to achieve a goal, rather than demonstrations or protests
- the use of violence to achieve a goal
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Exit quiz
- An ______ is a law passed by the government.
- 'act' ✓
- Why was Kennedy expected to address the issue of civil rights?
- The support of black Americans helped him win the election. ✓
- He was a Republican who had promised his support to the movement.
- He openly led the civil rights movement.
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- Which president successfully passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964?
- President Kennedy
- President Eisenhower
- Pesident Johnson ✓
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- Why did Southern opposition become less of an obstacle when Johnson attempted to pass the Civil Rights Act?
- Few Southern politicians were opposed to the act by 1964.
- Kennedy had eliminated most Southern opposition before his assassination.
- Many people wanted to honour the work of Kennedy. ✓
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- Which issue did the march on Selma address?
- education
- transport
- voting ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events relating to Selma into the order in which they happened. Use numbers to show the correct order.
- 1⇔Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot and killed by a police officer.
- 2⇔The first march was violently pushed back by police.
- 3⇔James Reeb was murdered following a second attempt at the march.
- 4⇔Johnson gave his support for a Voting Rights Act.
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Key learning points
- President Kennedy was instrumental in the successes of the civil rights movement in the early 1960s.
- Johnson was able to pass the Civil Rights Act in 1964: considered one of the greatest successes of the movement.
- The march from Selma began in March 1965, protesting against continued voting restrictions for black Americans.
- The success of the march from Selma led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which directly addressed voting restrictions.
Common misconception
The passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 marked the end of the civil rights movement.
While the Civil Rights Act (1964) was a landmark moment, bringing significant change, it left much to campaign for - particularly issues of voter registration amongst black Americans.
Keywords
Act - an act is a law passed by the government
Registration - registration is the act of signing up to do something - for example, voting
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