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U.S. History : Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA 2 (Questions)

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Segregation was the norm during racial unrest and civil rights in the USA. Many white Americans had difficulty with seeing black people as free and equal. In 1919 a black boy was stoned and drowned after swimming in part of a lake reserved for whites!

Here is our second History quiz on Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA.

Which secret organization used violence against black people?

[ ]	Fu Flux Fighters
[ ]	Ku Klux Klan
[ ]	Wang Chun Gang
[ ]	White Witch Weirdos

After an attack, the KKK usually left what behind?

[ ]	A burning cross
[ ]	A dead rooster
[ ]	A sack of manure
[ ]	A wreath of thorns

Blacks were often killed for an alleged offense. This was called .......

[ ]	blagging
[ ]	lopping
[ ]	lynching
[ ]	shriking

A law of 1954 allowed black and white children to .......

[ ]	attend the same schools
[ ]	play in the same baseball teams
[ ]	swap toys
[ ]	visit each other's homes

Which black woman made the news in 1955?

[ ]	Rachel Parr
[ ]	Rita Parrish
[ ]	Rosa Parks
[ ]	Rowena Packer

What did Rosa Parks refuse to do?

[ ]	Give up her bus seat to a white man
[ ]	Give up her restaurant table to a white family
[ ]	Leave a church service
[ ]	Send her son to a white school

The bus boycott took place where?

[ ]	Atlanta, Georgia
[ ]	Jackson, Mississippi
[ ]	Montgomery, Alabama
[ ]	Nashville, Tennessee

Established in the 1940s, what was CORE?

[ ]	Charter of Racism Eradication
[ ]	Committee of Racial Experiments
[ ]	Congress of Racial Equality
[ ]	Council of Radical Existence

Who founded CORE?

[ ]	Charles Weaver
[ ]	James Farmer
[ ]	Michael Baker
[ ]	William Potter

10.

In 1961 CORE began a protest called Freedom .......

[ ]	Marches
[ ]	Rallies
[ ]	Rides
[ ]	Speeches

U.S. History : Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA 2 (Answers)

Which secret organization used violence against black people?

[ ]	Fu Flux Fighters
[x]	Ku Klux Klan
[ ]	Wang Chun Gang
[ ]	White Witch Weirdos

They wore white robes and hoods and were called KKK for short

After an attack, the KKK usually left what behind?

[x]	A burning cross
[ ]	A dead rooster
[ ]	A sack of manure
[ ]	A wreath of thorns

They usually struck at night

Blacks were often killed for an alleged offense. This was called .......

[ ]	blagging
[ ]	lopping
[x]	lynching
[ ]	shriking

Between 1889 and 1940 almost 4,000 were lynched