- 1. Who was the author of the book 'Slavery by Another Name'?
A) Bryan Stevenson
B) Michelle Alexander
C) Douglas A. Blackmon
D) Ta-Nehisi Coates
- 2. The book 'Slavery by Another Name' explores the practices of 'convict leasing' in which US state?
A) Mississippi
B) Georgia
C) Louisiana
D) Alabama
- 3. Which US president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Andrew Jackson
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) Abraham Lincoln
- 4. What was the name of the Supreme Court case that upheld segregation under the doctrine of 'separate but equal'?
A) Marbury v. Madison
B) Brown v. Board of Education
C) Plessy v. Ferguson
D) Roe v. Wade
- 5. In what year was the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution ratified?
A) 1875
B) 1885
C) 1865
D) 1850
- 6. Which organization was formed to advocate for the civil and political rights of African Americans during the early 20th century?
A) ACLU
B) NAACP
C) UNESCO
D) NRA
- 7. Which activist and leader co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957?
A) Marcus Garvey
B) Malcolm X
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
D) Rosa Parks
- 8. Which civil rights legislation was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964?
A) Equal Pay Act
B) Immigration and Nationality Act
C) Voting Rights Act
D) Civil Rights Act
- 9. In 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution granted African American men the right to do what?
A) Attend public schools
B) Own property
C) Serve in the military
D) Vote
- 10. Which US president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
A) Bill Clinton
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Lyndon B. Johnson
D) Richard Nixon
- 11. The United States officially abolished slavery with the ratification of which amendment to the Constitution?
A) Twelfth Amendment
B) Fifteenth Amendment
C) Thirteenth Amendment
D) Fourteenth Amendment
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