Starter quiz

  • Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
    • discrimination
      the unjust treatment of a person or group of people ✓
    • commission
      a group of people trusted by a government to carry out a task ✓
    • establishment
      a system of politics and government ✓
    • integrated
      groups with both black and white Americans ✓
  • Which of the following were consequences of the Watts riots?
    • $40 million in damages  ✓
    • deaths of 34 people  ✓
    • arrests of 4000 people  ✓
    • $34 million in damages
    • deaths of 4000 people
  • Why did riots break out in the summer of 1965?
    • There was ongoing discrimination against white Americans.
    • The acts in 1964 and 1965 were seen as too little too late.  ✓
    • Unemployment amongst black Americans was still extremely high.  ✓
    • The acts in 1963 and 1966 were seen as too little too late.
    • There ongoing discrimination against black Americans.  ✓
  • What order of events led to the outbreak of the Watts riots?
    • 1
      arrest of Marquette Frye
    • 2
      Marquette's brother, Ronald, stepped in to help him as a scuffle broke out
    • 3
      a crowd gathered around the incident
    • 4
      Rena Frye arrived
    • 5
      Ronald and Rena Frye were arrested
    • 6
      dangerous items were thrown at buses and cars
  • Where did the biggest riots take place?
    • Newark  ✓
    • Chicago
    • New York
    • Detroit  ✓
  • Who ordered an investigation to be launched into the causes of the riots and to provide recommendations to prevent it happening again?
    • Richard Kerner
    • Otto Kerner
    • Lyndon B. Johnson  ✓
    • Martin Luther King Jr
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