Civil Rights Movement Quiz

What symbolic event did the Detroit, Michigan, chapter of the NAACP hold in 1944 to represent the burial of Jim Crow?

• A legislative assembly

• A mock funeral

• A protest march

• A public speech

In what year did participants in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom symbolically bury Jim Crow?

• 1944

• 1963

• 1964

• 1965

Which laws fought racial discrimination in the South by banning segregation in public accommodations and outlawing poll taxes and literacy tests?

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act

• The Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Voting Rights Act and the Emancipation Proclamation

• The Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the Voting Rights Act

Where was Thomas Dartmouth Rice, the performer known for creating the "Jim Crow" character, born?

• In the Southern United States

• In New York City, New York

• In Detroit, Michigan

• In England

What was the act called that Thomas Dartmouth Rice became famous for?

• "Jump, Jim Crow"

• "Dance of Freedom"

• "The Southern Struggle"

• "The Minstrel March"

What was a significant consequence of Thomas Dartmouth Rice's performances?

• They led to the end of racial discrimination in theater.

• They contributed to the spread of blackface minstrelsy.

• They promoted racial equality in the United States.

• They were a major influence on Southern legislation.

What was the Jim Crow caricature used for?

• To celebrate African American culture

• To exploit stereotyped speech, movement, and physical features of black people

• To educate whites on the realities of slavery

• To promote racial equality

How did the term "Jim Crow" become shorthand in the United States?

• It was a term used to describe a famous African American leader

• It was used to refer to laws that promoted racial segregation

• It became a derogatory term for African Americans

• It was the name of a popular dance in the 19th century

What did Harriet Beecher Stowe's character refer to another as in "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

• Uncle Tom

• Jim Crow

• Captain Tilley

• A minstrel performer

What did the Jim Crow laws discriminate against?

• Women's rights

• Immigrant labor

• African Americans newly freed from slavery

• Religious freedoms