Test your U.S. History Knowledge!Take the quiz to test your sociopolitical and U.S. History knowledge. Name Email 1. Which president is credited for ending slavery? Andrew Johnson Zachary Taylor Abraham Lincoln None 2. Which Chicago based civil rights activist led the Black Panther Party? Fred Hampton Malcom X Martin Luther King, Jr. None 3. What was COINTELPRO? a feminist organization a communist party a series of covert projects conducted by the FBI to target the communist party and other organizations None 4. What are reparations? funds paid to individuals who were harmed as a means of restoration or repair repairs made to cities by the residents righting a wrong by apologizing to the victims None 5. What is cash bail? cash given for attorneys to defend a charge a fund set by civil rights activist for poor people money paid to the courts by the arrested individual to ensure they will return for a trial or hearing None 6. What is Implicit Bias? unconscious favoritism or prejudice against people of a particular ethnic group conscious favoritism or prejudice against people of a particular ethnic group liking or disliking a particular ethnic group other than your own ethnicity None 7. What civil rights leader was targeted by the government and was killed in Memphis, Tennessee? Fred Hampton Malcom X Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. None 8. What document addresses slavery? The Mayflower Compact The Emancipation Proclamation The Magna Carta None 9. Who was Emmett Till? civil rights activist murdered in 1955 a member of the black panther organization teenager lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman in 1955 None 10. Black Wall Street was located in what U.S state? Texas Oklahoma New York None 11. Who is considered to be the first known inhabitants in America? colonists Native Americans African Americans None 12. What items were given to the original inhabitants by colonists as biological warfare? infected bandages infected blankets infected needles None 13. What does it mean to be disenfranchised? to deny someone the right to vote and force them to live in a low voter turnout district to be forcibly moved from your home and relocated to a run down poor neighborhood to deprive someone of a right or privilege such as the right to vote None 14. What does the term “40 acres and a mule” refer to? a promise of reparations (40 acres of land and a mule) to African Americans for enslavement an opportunity to star in a Spike Lee movie a promise of reparations (40 acres of land and a mule) to sharecroppers to compensate for destroyed crops None 15. Which statement about arrests is true? African Americans are arrested at a rate that is disproportionate to white people If arrested, African Americans will receive the same treatment in court as white people Implicit bias is never used when arresting African American individuals None 16. What is the American Dream? a dream many American Christians shared about reaching the land of milk and honey an ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to everyone an opportunity for those who can afford it None 17. What was another name for Black Wall Street? Greenwood Idlewild Harlem None 18. What nickname did white Tulsa residents give to the district of Black Wall Street? Negro Wall Street Stock Exchange District Little Africa None 19. What industry helped Black Wall Street residents thrive at the turn of the 20th century? health and social care wholesale trade oil None 20. What did MLK, Jr., Malcom X, and Fred Hampton have in common? all were ministers all were assassinated all died in their forties None 21. Who led COINTELPRO? Martin Luther King, Jr. Abraham Lincoln J. Edgar Hoover None 22. What government agency investigated civil rights leaders and allegedly contributed to their deaths? FBI American Civil Liberties Agency US Department of Homeland Security None 23. Who was Kalief Browder? the first Latino man to speak out against the cash bail system a Latino man who was incarcerated for three years for joy riding in a bread truck an African American adolescent male who was incarcerated for three years without trial, for allegedly stealing a backpack None 24. What was the ruling of the Supreme Court Plessy vs Ferguson case? the Ferguson police department was responsible for the death of Michael Brown racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S constitution “separate but equal” racial segregation laws did violate the US constitution “separate but equal” None 25. What does BIPOC stand for? biracial Individual people of color bipolar indigenous people of color black indigenous people of color None 26. What professional organization/agency provides awareness of unfair practices such as Stop and Frisk? American Civil Liberties Union King Center for Nonviolent Social Change US Drug Enforcement Administration None 27. What was the Convict Lease System? a system of renting low income housing to prisoners a system of forced penal labor in which the state provided prison labor to plantation owners and corporations a system of hiring incarcerated individuals for minimum wages None 28. What issues does the 13th Amendment address? protections against unreasonable search and seizures the abolishment of slavery grants citizenship and equal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who were emancipated None 29. The Ku Klux Klan was notorious for what action? fighting for the rights of African American rebuilding Black Wall Street terrorizing, lynching, and burning crosses on the lawns of African Americans None 30. Brown vs Board of Education 1954 addressed what issue? court decision declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional court decision declaring teachers must be certified to teach in public schools court decision declaring public school funds must be equally distributed across all schools None 31. When was the Jim Crow era? 1866- 1950s 1945 -1968 1899 -1933 None 32. What issue does the 14th Amendment address? protections against unreasonable search and seizures the abolishment of slavery grants citizenship and equal rights to all born and naturalized citizens None 33. What was the 1989 Graham vs Connor Supreme Court case? a case that challenged the use of excessive force on a civilian by a police officer a case that challenged the right of a black person to marry a white person a case that challenged the right to search a person or their property None 34. What issue does the 4th Amendment address? protections against unreasonable search and seizure grants citizenship and equal rights to African Americans and enslaved persons who were emancipated the abolishment of slavery None 35. What was Special Field Order #15? an order that confiscated unoccupied land for use as a US army base an order that confiscated land owned by Native Americans to develop housing projects an order that confiscated land along the coast from Charleston, SC to Jacksonville, Florida and reallocated that land to African American soldiers and their families None 36. Who was affected by the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment? men, women, and children men and women men None 37. Who was J. Marion Sims? a lawyer who sued the government on behalf of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment participants a civil rights activist who exposed the deception used to get participants to sign up for the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment a gynecologist who used “black bodies” as medical test subjects None 38. Which agency conducted the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment? Wellstar Health Care System World Health Organization - WHO U.S Public Health Service None 39. Which activist was a member of the Nation of Islam? Fred Hampton Malcom X Martin Luther King, Jr. None 40. Why was Emmitt Till murdered? he allegedly robbed a local grocery store he allegedly whistled at a white woman he allegedly assaulted a police officer None 1 out of 5 Time's upCategories: 0 CommentsLeave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Website What's on your mind? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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