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- 1. Multiple Choice
Whose public speech was the famous "I have a dream...."
Martin Luther King
J.F. Kennedy
Donald Trump
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- 2. Multiple Choice
What were the laws that separated black people from white people called?
Black laws
Crow laws
Jim Crow laws
John Deere laws
- 3. Multiple Choice
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.
- 4. Multiple Choice
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.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceMartin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?Freedom RidesMontgomery Bus BoycottMarch on WashingtonMarch from Selma to Montgomery
- 6. Multiple Choice
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
- 7. Multiple Choice
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
- 8. Multiple Choice
The sit-ins were a form of non-violent protest. *
True
False
- 9. Multiple Choice
This is an image ofThe Mabo legal teamThe Mabo FUTSAL teamThe Mabo familyThe Mabo social club - 10. Multiple ChoiceWhen he learned that his people’s traditional ownership of his birth place was not recognised by Australian law, Eddie wasoverjoyedhappyshockedexcited
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe term terra nullius meansconquered land belonging to an empireland belonging to no oneland disputed by neighbouring countriesland owned and managed by traditional inhabitants
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe decision ended the legal fiction of terra nullius, and was the first timeEddie Mabo was considered a land rights activistan Aboriginal person had won a court casethe land rights debate had entered Australian politicsnative title was recognised in Australia
- 13. Multiple Choice
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
- 14. Multiple Choice
The group which launched violent attacks on the Freedom Riders was the __________.
Democrats
Republicans
Tea Party
Ku Klux Klan
- 15. Multiple Choice
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
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who was the leader responsible for developing the Australian Freedom Ride campaign?
Cathy Freeman
Charles Perkins
Anthony Mundine
Vincent Lingiari
- 17. Multiple Choice
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
- 18. Multiple Choice
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
- 19. Multiple Choice
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
- 20. Multiple Choice
Up until the 1960s, many of the rights Aboriginal Australians were granted depended on which __________ they lived in.
country
state
city
village
- 21. Multiple Choice
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
- 22. Multiple Choice
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
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the Government organisation that had control over the lives of all aboriginal people in Australia early last century?Board of ProtectionDepartment of Aboriginal AffairsOrganisation for Native CareTribunal of Indigenous Matters
- 24. Multiple Choice"My parents couldn’t handle the trauma of not having the closest warmth loving caring family we were. They separated. My Mum went one way; my Dad went his way."
Rose
What was the cause of the separation of Rose's parents?RoseThe divorce of her parentsThe warmth of the familyThe trauma of child removal - 25. Multiple ChoiceAssimilation is:the situation of two cultures co-existingthe process of absorbing into the cultural tradition of the dominant population or groupmulticulturalism by another namea disgusting word, really. Disgusting.
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