Quiz — Civilisation : Histoire et mémoire du monde anglophone

Question 1

Which sentence correctly describes the situation in the USA after the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Accepted Answer

Segregation laws were officially abolished, but social practices persisted in many areas.

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segregation was immediately ended in all public places.

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Martin Luther King Jr. became the first African-American president in 1964.

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Rosa Parks was arrested again in 1964 for refusing to give up her bus seat.

Question 2

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb: 'Martin Luther King Jr. _____ his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.'

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gave

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gives

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had given

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was giving

Question 3

What does the term 'Jim Crow laws' refer to in the context of US history?

Accepted Answer

State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States after the Civil War.

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A series of federal acts passed in the 1860s to grant citizenship to formerly enslaved people.

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The legal framework that ended slavery in the Union States during the American Revolution.

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Agreements between Northern and Southern states to gradually abolish segregation in public schools.

Question 4

Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. Which one of these sentences is NOT grammatically correct?

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She didn't wanted to move to the back of the bus.

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Rosa Parks' refusal sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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The boycott lasted for 381 days.

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Her act became a symbol of the civil rights movement.

Question 5

Identify the incorrect statement about the Underground Railroad:

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It was officially supported by the British government in the 1860s.

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It was a network of secret routes and safe houses in the 19th century.

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Harriet Tubman, a former slave, became one of its most famous conductors.

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It helped enslaved people escape to freedom in northern states and Canada.

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