AA 365 - Civil Rights and Protests

What was the name of the slave ship which crashed into the American coastline in 1837 after the enslaved leader Cinque led a mutiny against the ship's captain? Former US President John Quincy Adams helped the group prepare their defense.

The Amistad

What West African nation was established by members of the American Colonization Society in 1847 - 25 years after formerly ensalves AMericans began settling the nation?

Liberia

Which Compromise resulted in the end of the slave trade in Washington D.C. and the use of popular sovereignty to resolve the slavery issue in New Mexico and Utah territories? It also admitted California as a free state and created a stricter Fugitive Slave Act.

The Compromise of 1850

Who led two violent insurrections against slavery - one at Pottawatomie Creek, KS and the other at Harper's Ferry, VA?

John Brown

When was the first slave revolt in American History?

1526 at San Miguel de Gualdape

Who led a slave revolt in 1822 in Charleston, SC which was discovered and resulted in his execution?

Denmark Vesey

Who led the bloodiest slave revolt in all American History - near Jerusalem in Southhampton County, VA in 1831?

Nat Turner

When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclimation?

1862

What amendment to the Constitution permanently ended slavery when it was ratified in 1865?

13th amendment

Which enslaved man sued for his freedom unsuccessfully in 1857, arguing that he could not be enslaved if he was living in a free state?

Dred Scott

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 forbid all discrimination in any form of-

Public Accomidations

What government organization established over 4000 schools and helped to support several HBCUs during the years immediately following the Civil War?

The Freedman's Bureau

Which Supreme Court case from 1869 established the principle of "Seperate But Equal" accomidations in the United States for generations of people during the early 20th Century?

Plessy V. Ferguson (1896)

The summer of 1919, which featured violent disturbances in Washington D.C., Chicago, and Elaine, Arkansas was known as-

Red Summer

Where did the United States most violent racial disturbance ever take place - resulting in the deaths of over 300 people - during the summer 1921?

Tulsa, Oklahoma

What event did Rosa Parks provoke by refusing to give up her seat on a bus in December of 1955?

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Where did the sit in movement begin in February of 1960, and who were the leaders of the protest technique?

The Greensboro Four - University of North Carolina A&T

Which group decided to challenge the anti-discrimination laws regarding interstate travel in the summer of 1961, to be certain that the SCOTUS rulings in Morgan V. Virginia and Boynton V. Virginia were actually being upheld by federal law?

The Freedom Riders, or The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

What was the name of MLK's essay published in 1963 to answer the critics of his nonviolent campaign in the South - which he originally wrote from a prison cell?

A Letter From A Birmingham Jail

What law was passed in response to MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on August 28th, 1963 in Washington, D.C.?

The Civil RIghts Act of 1964

Who was the leader of "Mississippi Freedom Summer" in 1964 as the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?

Bob Moses

Who was the main organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963?

Bayard Rustin

Who was the most important contributor to the "Black Power" Movement?

Stokely Carmichael

Where was the "Ressurection City" located in 1968, as a part of a campaign against poverty?

The National Mall, Washington D.C.

Which US President established the Presidential Commision on Race, and what historian was put in charge of the group?

Bill Clinton, John Hope Franklin