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Multiple Choice


This activity contains 12 questions.

	Which one of the following individuals was a major figure in the Underground Railroad movement that helped Blacks to escape from slavery to freedom in the Northern United States and Canada?   A. Philip Randolph Harriet Tubman Rosa Parks James Meredith

	The United States Supreme Court decision that stated that "separate but equal" accommodations for Blacks were a "reasonable" use of state government power was called:   Williams v. Mississippi. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Bakke v. the State University of California at Davis. Plessy v. Ferguson.

	Which early twentieth century Black leader is associated with the "politics of accommodation" and the Tuskegee Institute?   Rosa Parks W. E. B. DuBois Booker T. Washington Huey Newton

	Which Black sociologist argued that privileged Blacks must serve the other none-tenths of the Black population?   Martin Luther King, Jr. W. E. B. DuBois Huey Newton Booker T. Washington

	Which modern-day civil rights organization was founded by W. E. B. DuBois and marked the merging of White liberalism and Black militancy – a coalition unknown since the end of the abolition movement and Reconstruction?   Black Panthers SCLC NAACP CORE

	Who was President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and who threatened to have 100,000 Blacks march on Washington in 1941 using tactics modeled after Mahatma Gandhi?   Booker T. Washington Bobby Seale A. Philip Randolph W. E. B. DuBois

	Which United States Supreme Court decision made de jure segregation illegal?   Plessy v. Ferguson Bakke v. the State University of California at Davis Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Williams v. Mississippi

	The first African American accepted by the University of Mississippi (which set off armed clashes that led to two deaths and scores of injuries) was:   George Wallace. James Meredith. Rosa Parks. Huey Newton.

	Rosa Parks:   defied the law in 1955 and refused to give her seat on a crowded bus to a White man, which led to a boycott organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the co-founders of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. is associated with the "politics of accommodation" and the Tuskegee Institute. was the first African American accepted by the University of Mississippi.

	Which major civil rights leader developed a policy that included: active nonviolent resistance to evil; not seeking to defeat or humiliate opponents; attacking the forces of evil rather than the people who happen to be doing evil; willingness to accept suffering without retaliation; refusing to hate the opponent; and acting with the conviction that the universe is on the side of justice?   Booker T. Washington Bobby Seale W. E. B. DuBois Martin Luther King, Jr.

	Stokely Carmichael was associated with which one of the following civil rights organizations?   the Black Muslims the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) the Black Panthers the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

	An aspect of Black Power that operated outside the conventional system and leveled charges of police brutality and corruption among government officials was created by Bobby Seale and:   Malcolm X Louis Farrakhan Huey Newton Stokely Carmichael

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