Which war resulted in the freedom of enslaved black people in America?
American Civil War
World War Two
World War One
What collective term is used for the ‘Black Codes’ in the USA?
Segregation laws
Separation laws
Jim Crow laws
Members of which minority group were imprisoned in the USA during World War Two?
Black Americans
Native Americans
Japanese Americans
What actions were the NACCP most well-known for during this period?
Using passive resistance to end segregation
Using the law to improve civil rights
Using violence to improve civil rights
Parts of which institution openly supported the civil rights movement?
The church
The government
The army
Which of the following was not an activity of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
Lynching black people
Burning crosses
National legal campaigns
What did Mamie Till chose to do after her son Emmett's murder in 1955?
Hold a small funeral
Display it to large crowds
Wrote to the Supreme Court
What was the Brown v Topeka decision?
To desegregate schools
To desegregate transport
To allow mixed combat units
What was the name of the opposition groups set up after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Brown in the Brown v Topeka case?
Ku Klux Klan
Dixiecrats
White Citizens’ Councils
What law was passed in 1957 to improve the rights of black Americans?
The Voting Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act
The Basic Freedoms Act