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The Ku Klux Klan were synonymous with racial unrest and civil rights in the USA. The USA is known as the 'land of the free', yet black Americans had to campaign long and hard in history for equal civil rights.

Test your knowledge with our third quiz on Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA.

In April 1963 race protests occurred where in Alabama?

[ ]	Birmingham
[ ]	Florence
[ ]	Montgomery
[ ]	Troy

What type of people set up the civil rights group SNCC?

[ ]	Lawyers
[ ]	Nurses
[ ]	Shopkeepers
[ ]	Students

The SNCC mainly used what type of protest?

[ ]	Hunger strikes
[ ]	Raising petitions
[ ]	Riots
[ ]	Sit-ins

Who became chairman of SNCC in 1966?

[ ]	Charles Brown
[ ]	Huey Newton
[ ]	James Meredith
[ ]	Stokely Carmichael

Which civil rights activist was assassinated in 1968?

[ ]	James Farmer
[ ]	Marcus Garvey
[ ]	Martin Luther King
[ ]	Thurgood Marshall

Which white racist is thought to have killed Martin Luther King?

[ ]	Jack Ruby
[ ]	James Earl Ray
[ ]	Lee Harvey Oswald
[ ]	Mark Chapman

Where was Martin Luther King assassinated?

[ ]	Columbia, South Carolina
[ ]	Dallas, Texas
[ ]	Jefferson City, Missouri
[ ]	Memphis, Tennessee

In 1963 over 250,000 civil rights protesters marched in which city?

[ ]	Boston
[ ]	Detroit
[ ]	New Orleans
[ ]	Washington

In a 1963 speech, Martin Luther King famously said .......

[ ]	I got a feeling
[ ]	I have a dream
[ ]	The future is ours
[ ]	The long road to freedom

10.

The Watts area of which city saw major riots in 1965?

[ ]	Houston
[ ]	Los Angeles
[ ]	New York
[ ]	Seattle

U.S. History : Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA 3 (Answers)

In April 1963 race protests occurred where in Alabama?

[x]	Birmingham
[ ]	Florence
[ ]	Montgomery
[ ]	Troy

The city had closed public facilities to avoid having to desegregate

What type of people set up the civil rights group SNCC?

[ ]	Lawyers
[ ]	Nurses
[ ]	Shopkeepers
[x]	Students

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

The SNCC mainly used what type of protest?

[ ]	Hunger strikes
[ ]	Raising petitions
[ ]	Riots
[x]	Sit-ins

Who became chairman of SNCC in 1966?

[ ]	Charles Brown
[ ]	Huey Newton
[ ]	James Meredith
[x]	Stokely Carmichael

Which civil rights activist was assassinated in 1968?

[ ]	James Farmer
[ ]	Marcus Garvey
[x]	Martin Luther King
[ ]	Thurgood Marshall

He used non-violent tactics

Which white racist is thought to have killed Martin Luther King?

[ ]	Jack Ruby
[x]	James Earl Ray
[ ]	Lee Harvey Oswald
[ ]	Mark Chapman

King's birthday is a national holiday in the USA

Where was Martin Luther King assassinated?

[ ]	Columbia, South Carolina
[ ]	Dallas, Texas
[ ]	Jefferson City, Missouri
[x]	Memphis, Tennessee

In 1963 over 250,000 civil rights protesters marched in which city?

[ ]	Boston
[ ]	Detroit
[ ]	New Orleans
[x]	Washington

Interestingly, about 50,000 of them were white

In a 1963 speech, Martin Luther King famously said .......

[ ]	I got a feeling
[x]	I have a dream
[ ]	The future is ours
[ ]	The long road to freedom

The speech inspired millions of Americans

10.

The Watts area of which city saw major riots in 1965?

[ ]	Houston
[x]	Los Angeles
[ ]	New York
[ ]	Seattle