Black America

How many slaves are estimated to have crossed the Atlantic between 1600-1900?

5-6 milion

10-11 million

13-14 million

What type of job did most slaves have?

Nannies

Picking cotton

Cooks

Who was in charge of the black children (and could do with them as they pleased?)?

The slave owner

The parents

The state

When was slavery abolished in the North?

1860-1865

1777-1804

1865-1878

When was Abraham Lincoln chosen as President?

1860

1861

1865

What is the name of the proclamation Lincoln issued in 1863?

The Slavery Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation

The Constitution

After the Civil War, a legal doctine was signed to ensure equality - what was it called

"Segregated but Equal"

"Separate but Equal"

"We Are All Equal"

Which name is often used to describe the segregation laws and rules?

James Carver

Jim Crow

Peter James

What happened to Emmett Till's murderes?

They were charged and sentenced to prison

They received the death penalty

They were acquited and never charged

Who started the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which led to the end of bus segregation?

Malcolm X

Emmett Till

Rosa Parks

The Black Panther Party saw themselves as what?

A paramilitary group

A gang

A political party

What was their goal?

Get more African-Americans elected to political office

Initiate terrorist attacks

End segregation

What was the Los Angeles Riots in 1992 a response to?

The aquittal of four white police officers after the beating of Rodney king

Black demonstrators arrested in Los Angeles

Rodney King beat up and shot a white police officer

What happened to Trayvon Martin?

Beaten and arrested after having killed a man

Shot and killed on his way back from 7-Eleven

Caught and kidnapped on his way home from school

What movement did Trayvon Martin's death lead to?

The White House Project

Occupy Wall Street

Black Lives Matter

Who killed George Floyd?

A black police officer

A white police officer

A gang member

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