Civil Rights Test Review GameEveryone starts with $20Each 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.

1) $5

What nickname did Dr. King give his non-violent civil right movement?

ANSWERSoul Force

2) $5What 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?

ANSWERSouthern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

3) $5What civil rights organization fought for the equality of all races in the court system?

ANSWERNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

4) $5Whose arrest in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 allowed Dr. King to get his first job organizing a bus boycott that lasted just over 1 year?

ANSWERRosa Parks

5) $5Name the 14 year old boy from Chicago who was killed in Money, Mississippi for breaking a black code?

ANSWEREmmett Till

BONUS ROUND: MAKE A WAGER

BONUS QUESTIONWhat 3 people did Dr. King pattern his non-violent civil disobedience movement after?

BONUS QUESTION ANSWERJesusGandhiHenry David Thoreau

6) $5What 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)

ANSWERSeparate, but equal.

7) $5What nickname was given to segregation laws in the south?

ANSWERJim Crow laws.

8) $5What Supreme Court case in 1954 ruled that “Separate, but equal” was unconstitutional?

ANSWERBrown vs. The Board of Education.

9) $5Who 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?

ANSWERThurgood Marshall

10) $5What high school in Little Rock, Arkansas refused to integrate and forced the military to escort 9 African-Americans into the school?

ANSWERCentral High School

BONUS ROUND: MAKE A WAGER

Bonus QuestionList 3 voting restrictions that white southerners imposed upon African-Americans to keep them from voting?

BONUS QUESTION ANSWERLiteracy TestsGrandfather ClausePoll Taxes.

11) $5The goal of the sit-ins was to “Fill the _______.”

ANSWERJails

12) $5Name the group that protested against segregation on Interstate buses.

ANSWERThe Freedom Riders

13) $5James 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?

ANSWEROle Miss University

14) $5At what national monument did Dr. King deliver his famous “I Have A Dream” speech?

ANSWERLincoln Memorial

15) $5Who shot and killed Dr. King in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968?

ANSWERJames Earl Ray

BONUS ROUND: MAKE A WAGER

Bonus QuestionWhat does the acronym SNCC stand for?

Bonus Round AnswerThe Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

16) $5Who converted Malcolm X to the Black Muslims (Nation of Islam)?

ANSWERElijah Muhhamed

17) $5What slogan did Stokely Carmichael coin?

ANSWERBlack Power!

18) $5What did Malcolm X begin teaching after returning from his trip to Mecca?

ANSWERBallots or Bullets

19) $5The Black Panthers were created by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. What was the slogan they borrowed from the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong?

ANSWERPower flows out of the barrel of a gun!

20) $5What current government quota system was implemented in the 1960’s to provide greater opportunities for minorities?

Hint: Many white people considerit to be reverse discrimination.

ANSWERAffirmative Action

FINAL BONUS ROUND: MAKE A WAGER

BONUS QUESTIONList 3 teachings of Malcolm X prior to his pilgrimage to Mecca?

BONUS QUESTION ANSWER1) 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.

DONEAdd up your total $ amount and turn in your paper for extra credit.