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Malcolm X was a prominent figure during racial unrest and civil rights in the USA. "Free from the master but slaves of society" (Douglass). Even when slavery ended, black Americans had fewer rights than most white Americans. As a History student, you will be studying slavery.

Try this quiz on Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA.

Which laws made it hard for black people to leave the plantations?

[ ]	Owners' Rights
[ ]	The Black Codes
[ ]	The Cotton Laws
[ ]	The Negro Rules

What did the Government create to help former slaves?

[ ]	African Embassy
[ ]	Citizen's Council
[ ]	Freedmen's Bureau
[ ]	Plantation Workers' Hostel

What did the 15^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do for black people?

[ ]	Allowed them to attend university
[ ]	Gave them the vote
[ ]	Let them marry a white person
[ ]	Let them stand for President

Some ex-slaves rented farmland and were called what?

[ ]	Crop tenants
[ ]	Freegrowers
[ ]	Sharecroppers
[ ]	Splitcroppers

What word means blacks and whites being kept apart?

[ ]	Diversification
[ ]	Partition
[ ]	Propagation
[ ]	Segregation

Which 19^th century laws encouraged segregation?

[ ]	Dan Hawk Laws
[ ]	Jim Crow Laws
[ ]	Sam Raven Laws
[ ]	Tom Finch Laws

The NAACP was formed in 1909 - what did the 'C' mean?

[ ]	Citizens
[ ]	Civil
[ ]	Colored
[ ]	Committee

The NAACP campaigned for what?

[ ]	Civil defense
[ ]	Civil disobedience
[ ]	Civil rights
[ ]	Civil servants

1919 saw a week of race riots in which city?

[ ]	Chicago
[ ]	New York
[ ]	Philadelphia
[ ]	San Francisco

10.

Which former slave founded a college in Alabama?

[ ]	Booker T. Washington
[ ]	Charles Sumner
[ ]	Stokely Carmichael
[ ]	W. E. B. Du Bois

U.S. History : Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA 1 (Answers)

Which laws made it hard for black people to leave the plantations?

[ ]	Owners' Rights
[x]	The Black Codes
[ ]	The Cotton Laws
[ ]	The Negro Rules

Introduced by white Southern politicians

What did the Government create to help former slaves?

[ ]	African Embassy
[ ]	Citizen's Council
[x]	Freedmen's Bureau
[ ]	Plantation Workers' Hostel

Amongst other things it set up schools for black children

What did the 15^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do for black people?

[ ]	Allowed them to attend university
[x]	Gave them the vote
[ ]	Let them marry a white person
[ ]	Let them stand for President

The Amendment was added in 1870

Some ex-slaves rented farmland and were called what?

[ ]	Crop tenants
[ ]	Freegrowers
[x]	Sharecroppers
[ ]	Splitcroppers

They gave part of their produce as rent

What word means blacks and whites being kept apart?

[ ]	Diversification
[ ]	Partition
[ ]	Propagation
[x]	Segregation

Which 19^th century laws encouraged segregation?

[ ]	Dan Hawk Laws
[x]	Jim Crow Laws
[ ]	Sam Raven Laws
[ ]	Tom Finch Laws

The NAACP was formed in 1909 - what did the 'C' mean?

[ ]	Citizens
[ ]	Civil
[x]	Colored
[ ]	Committee

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The NAACP campaigned for what?

[ ]	Civil defense
[ ]	Civil disobedience
[x]	Civil rights
[ ]	Civil servants

1919 saw a week of race riots in which city?

[x]	Chicago
[ ]	New York
[ ]	Philadelphia
[ ]	San Francisco

About 40 people were killed

10.

Which former slave founded a college in Alabama?

[x]	Booker T. Washington
[ ]	Charles Sumner
[ ]	Stokely Carmichael
[ ]	W. E. B. Du Bois

He wanted blacks to have better job prospects