3E History Quiz - 3E Program for Social Justice and Change

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Which president is credited for ending slavery?

Andrew Johnson

Zachary Taylor

Abraham Lincoln

Which Chicago based civil rights activist led the Black Panther Party?

Fred Hampton

Malcom X

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

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

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

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

What civil rights leader was targeted by the government and was killed in Memphis, Tennessee?

Fred Hampton

Malcom X

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What document addresses slavery?

The Mayflower Compact

The Emancipation Proclamation

The Magna Carta

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

10.

Black Wall Street was located in what U.S state?

Texas

Oklahoma

New York

11.

Who is considered to be the first known inhabitants in America?

colonists

Native Americans

African Americans

12.

What items were given to the original inhabitants by colonists as biological warfare?

infected bandages

infected blankets

infected needles

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

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

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

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

17.

What was another name for Black Wall Street?

Greenwood

Idlewild

Harlem

18.

What nickname did white Tulsa residents give to the district of Black Wall Street?

Negro Wall Street

Stock Exchange District

Little Africa

19.

What industry helped Black Wall Street residents thrive at the turn of the 20th century?

health and social care

wholesale trade

oil

20.

What did MLK, Jr., Malcom X, and Fred Hampton have in common?

all were ministers

all were assassinated

all died in their forties

21.

Who led COINTELPRO?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Abraham Lincoln

J. Edgar Hoover

22.

What government agency investigated civil rights leaders and allegedly contributed to their deaths?

FBI

American Civil Liberties Agency

US Department of Homeland Security

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

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”

25.

What does BIPOC stand for?

biracial Individual people of color

bipolar indigenous people of color

black indigenous people of color

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

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

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

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

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

31.

When was the Jim Crow era?

1866- 1950s

1945 -1968

1899 -1933

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

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

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

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

36.

Who was affected by the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment?

men, women, and children

men and women

men

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

38.

Which agency conducted the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment?

Wellstar Health Care System

World Health Organization - WHO

U.S Public Health Service

39.

Which activist was a member of the Nation of Islam?

Fred Hampton

Malcom X

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

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