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Civil Rights Test Review Game Everyone starts with $20 Each numbered question is worth $5 for the correct answer. Incorrect answer=$0 awarded for that question. Therefore, each player either earns $5 or $0 for each question. In between each 5 questions is a bonus round. Players will place a wager before seeing the question. Players may not wager more money than they currently possess. A correct bonus question answer results in the wagered amount being added to the current total. An incorrect answer results in the wagered amount being subtracted from the current total $ amount.
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1) $5 What nickname did Dr. King give his non-violent civil right movement?
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ANSWER Soul Force
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2) $5 What Civil Rights organization did Dr. King create to unite African-Americans across the country and teach them how to be non-violent while protesting against discrimination and inequality?
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ANSWER Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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3) $5 What civil rights organization fought for the equality of all races in the court system?
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ANSWER National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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4) $5 Whose arrest in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 allowed Dr. King to get his first job organizing a bus boycott that lasted just over 1 year?
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ANSWER Rosa Parks
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5) $5 Name the 14 year old boy from Chicago who was killed in Money, Mississippi for breaking a black code?
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ANSWER Emmett Till
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BONUS ROUND: MAKE A WAGER
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BONUS QUESTION What 3 people did Dr. King pattern his non- violent civil disobedience movement after?
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BONUS QUESTION ANSWER Jesus Gandhi Henry David Thoreau
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6) $5 What was the Supreme Court ruling in the 1896 case of Plessy vs. Ferguson that made segregation legal in the U.S. for 60 years? (Hint: 3 words)
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ANSWER Separate, but equal.
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7) $5 What nickname was given to segregation laws in the south?
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ANSWER Jim Crow laws.
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8) $5 What Supreme Court case in 1954 ruled that “Separate, but equal” was unconstitutional?
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ANSWER Brown vs. The Board of Education.
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9) $5 Who was the NAACP lawyer that won the Brown vs. The Board of Education court case and later became the first black member of The Supreme Court?
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ANSWER Thurgood Marshall
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10) $5 What high school in Little Rock, Arkansas refused to integrate and forced the military to escort 9 African- Americans into the school?
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ANSWER Central High School
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BONUS ROUND: MAKE A WAGER
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Bonus Question List 3 voting restrictions that white southerners imposed upon African- Americans to keep them from voting?
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BONUS QUESTION ANSWER Literacy Tests Grandfather Clause Poll Taxes.
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11) $5 The goal of the sit-ins was to “Fill the _______.”
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ANSWER Jails
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12) $5 Name the group that protested against segregation on Interstate buses.
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ANSWER The Freedom Riders
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13) $5 James Meredith required military troops to escort him into this southern university after Governor Wallace disobeyed a Supreme Court order and refused to let him in?
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ANSWER Ole Miss University
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14) $5 At what national monument did Dr. King deliver his famous “I Have A Dream” speech?
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ANSWER Lincoln Memorial
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15) $5 Who shot and killed Dr. King in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968?
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ANSWER James Earl Ray
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BONUS ROUND: MAKE A WAGER
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Bonus Question What does the acronym SNCC stand for?
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Bonus Round Answer The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
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16) $5 Who converted Malcolm X to the Black Muslims (Nation of Islam)?
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ANSWER Elijah Muhhamed
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17) $5 What slogan did Stokely Carmichael coin?
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ANSWER Black Power!
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18) $5 What did Malcolm X begin teaching after returning from his trip to Mecca?
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ANSWER Ballots or Bullets
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19) $5 The Black Panthers were created by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. What was the slogan they borrowed from the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong?
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ANSWER Power flows out of the barrel of a gun!
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20) $5 What current government quota system was implemented in the 1960’s to provide greater opportunities for minorities? Hint: Many white people consider it to be reverse discrimination.
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ANSWER Affirmative Action
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FINAL BONUS ROUND: MAKE A WAGER
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BONUS QUESTION List 3 teachings of Malcolm X prior to his pilgrimage to Mecca?
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BONUS QUESTION ANSWER 1 ) Armed self-defense OR “Any Means Necessary.” 2) Whites were to blame for the black man’s social problems. 3) Blacks should separate from white society. Quit trying to act like the white man! 4) African-Americans should have pride in their identity and culture.
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DONE Add up your total $ amount and turn in your paper for extra credit.
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