American Civil Rights Movement

Q.

When had the 'Black Power Movement' started in the USA?

Q. Who was the leader of the American Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s?

1. Martin Luther King Jr.
2. John Carlos
3. Peter Norman
4. Nelson Mandela

Q. He was the leader of the American Civil Rights Movement that ended in the 1960s. He fought against a social division in the USA. He once quoted:
"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character".

Who is being referred to here, and which social division is being reflected in his speech?

1. He is Martin Luther King Junior and his speech mentions about racism.
2. He is Peter Norman and his speech mentions about untouchability.
3. He is John Carlos and his speech mentions about racial diversity.
4. He is Tommie Smith and his speech mentions about casteism.

Q. andwere two American athletes who had protested against racial discrimination in the Mexico Olympics of 1968.
(Answer in alphabetical order).

1. Tommie Smith
2. Sally Pearson
3. Peter Norman
4. John Carlos

Q. When did the Civil Rights Movement occur in the USA?

1. 1954
2. 1970
3. 1980
4. 1968

Q. Where were the 1968 Olympics held?

1. Mexico
2. Chile
3. USA
4. Brazil

Q.

Read the following passage from a famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963. Which social division is he talking about? What are his aspirations and anxieties? Do you see a relationship between this speech and the incident in Mexico Olympics mentioned in this chapter?

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring—when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children—black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics—will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: ‘Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’ I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal’.”

Q. Peter Norman was from which of the following countries?

1. Australia
2. United States
3. Mexico
4. Sri Lanka

Q. What were the primary grievances of the African-American citizens during the 1950s in America?

1. Racial discrimination
2. Inequality
3. Slavery
4. Racial segregation

Q. Which of the following was not a grievance of the African-Americans during the 1950s in America?

1. Racial discrimination
2. Inequality
3. Slavery
4. Racial segregation

Q. I am an Australian and was a silver medalist in the 200 metres event in the Summer Olympics of 1968. I stood in solidarity with two Black American athletes and silently supported them in the fight against racism by wearing a badge of Human Rights on my shirt. Who am I?

1. Usain Bolt
2. Tommie Smith
3. Peter Norman
4. John Carlos

Q. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content oftheir character." Who said so?

1. Nelson Mandela
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Martin Luther King Jr
4. Martin Luther King Sr

Q. You are watching old reruns of the 1968 Mexican Olympics. During one particular scene, when the American national anthem was being played, you realised that two young men raised black-gloved fists with bowed heads.

What do you think this gesture symbolised at the time?

1. Serbian struggle for supremacy
2. Indian independence
3. American Civil Rights Movement
4. African independence struggle

Q. In an unnamed area in USA, in 1950, there lived two best friends - Camilla and Jamila. Camilla was white-skinned and Jamila was dark-skinned. When they began school, they were aghast to realise that they could not sit together in their class.

As a Class/Grade 10 student, what do you think has happened here?

1. Camilla and Jamila were likely racially segregated.
2. Camilla's community faced racial discrimination in the American society.
3. Jamila's community faced racial discrimination in the American society.
4. There was no reason for such separation in 1950 USA.

Q. The primary goal of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference was to _________.

1. use nonviolent resistance to achieve desegregation
2. create equal racial representation in the Democratic Party
3. reinvigorate the back-to-Africa movement
4. defend black neighborhoods against police brutality
5. challenge segregation in the Supreme Court

Q. In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in the matter of Plessy v. Ferguson This was a landmark decision because it established ________________ .

1. The abolition of slavery
2. African Americans' right to vote
3. African Americans' right to own land
4. Legalized the concept of "separate but equal"
5. Banned segregation

Q. When was slavery abolished in America?

1. 1865
2. 1856
3. 1956
4. 1965

Q. Peter Norman was a black Australian athlete and had supported John Carlos.

1. True
2. False

Q. Who among the following led the American Civil Rights Movement?

1. Martin Luther King Jr.
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Peter Norman

Q. The primary objective of Black Power Movement was to eliminate ______________.

1. Caste discrimination
2. Gender inequality.
3. Racial discrimination.
4. Economic inequalities

Q. andwere two American athletes who had protested against racial discrimination in the Mexico Olympics of 1968.
(Answer in alphabetical order).

1. Peter Norman
2. John Carlos
3. Sally Pearson
4. Tommie Smith