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Whose public speech was the famous "I have a dream...."
Martin Luther King
J.F. Kennedy
Donald Trump
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
What were the laws that separated black people from white people called?
Black laws
Crow laws
Jim Crow laws
John Deere laws
Segregation laws .......
made sure children went to school.
kept black people and white people separate.
made sure all people could vote.
kept people from driving too fast.
In the Montgomery bus boycott Rosa Parks .....
applied to nursing school.
got married.
refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.
wanted to stand on the bus.
One accomplishment of the __________ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.
Little Rock Nine
Freedom Riders
Black Panthers
Montgomery Bus Boycott
What is a sit in?
Sitting on a bus
Sitting in an area where you are not allowed as a form of protest
Sitting on the floor rather than a chair
Sitting rather than standing at a lunch counter
The sit-ins were a form of non-violent protest. *
True
False
Which strategy did Martin Luther King adopt to try and bring about positive change for civil rights in the United States?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Violent civil disobedience
Nonviolent civil disobedience
The group which launched violent attacks on the Freedom Riders was the __________.
Democrats
Republicans
Tea Party
Ku Klux Klan
Which of the following happened to nonviolent protesters, including children, during civil rights campaigns in Birmingham, Alabama?
Clubbed by police
Attacked by police dogs
Sprayed with water canons
All of the above
Who was the leader responsible for developing the Australian Freedom Ride campaign?
Cathy Freeman
Charles Perkins
Anthony Mundine
Vincent Lingiari
Which is the most accurate description of the aims of the Australian Freedom Ride?
Expose the segregation and poor living conditions Aboriginal Australians had to endure
Gain maximum publicity for the Student Action for Aborigines
Build pressure on the Australian government to support the US civil rights movement
Gain Aboriginal Australians the right to vote and be acknowledged as citizens
In which NSW town were the Freedom Riders subjected to mob violence after trying to gain entry to the local swimming baths for Aboriginal children?
Kempsey
Moree
Brisbane
Coffs Harbour
What does Gary Foley see as one of the major achievements of the Australian Freedom Ride?
Gaining Aboriginals the right to vote
Ending the removal of Aboriginal children from their families
Getting laws introduced to protect Aboriginal rights
Exposing racism in Australia to a white audience
Up until the 1960s, many of the rights Aboriginal Australians were granted depended on which __________ they lived in.
country
state
city
village
In which year was a referendum held that gave the Federal government the power to make laws for Aboriginal Australians? What was the result of the referendum?
1967, it was passed
1962, it was passed
1965, it failed
1967, it failed
The ________ in _________ is seen as another significant turning point in the Aboriginal struggle for rights.
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney
Old Parliament House, Canberra
Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra
Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Melbourne
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