Connecting Decolonization in Africa to the U.S. Civil Rights

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Social Studies-Connecting Decolonization in Africa and the US Civil Rights Movement

Read the article Connecting Decolonization in Africa to the U.S. Civil Rights. After reading the article answer the following questions.

The civil rights movement in the United States included the centuries-long struggles of African Americans for and

decolonization 

civil liberties, racial equality

inequality, fighting

natural resources, land

Africans were fighting to gain ____ and _from European colonial rule.

Africans and many African Americans in this period embraced the idea that Africans and their descendants in other parts of the world had shared histories of and

racial oppression, oppression

struggles, civil liberties

historical, relationships

independence, liberation

Which country was established as the first country in sub-Saharan Africa and to gain independence from British colonial rule in 1957?

Nigeria

Chad

Ghana

Kenya

The West African nations independence served as a beacon for Black freedom across the African ________and the African diaspora.

continent

mountains

desert

nation

What is diaspora?

a disappearing desert

a group of people who have been dispersed to places outside of their homeland.

a group of people who share the same traditions and customs.

a group of people who share the same religious beliefs.

What year did Nigeria gain its independence?

1930

1940

1950

1960

African Americans began to see their struggle for racial liberation in more __________

4 year terms

2 year terms

international terms

liberal terms

Each _________ against colonialism in Africa directly influenced the civil Rights movement.

tribe fight

victorious rebellion

village conflict

independence movement

Kwame Nkrumah was first prime minister and went to college at .

Ghana, Lincoln University

Sudan, University of Georgia

Mali, Florida State University

Angola, Oral Roberts University

Nkrumah viewed the conditions of African Americans as part of the larger African diaspora and

new world order

partitioning of Africa

Berlin Convention

global human rights battle

Challenged British colonial masters, paving the way for independence in 1957.

Kwame, the Independence Party

Malcolm X, the Political Party

Martin Luther King Jr., The Freedom Party

Kwame, the Convention People's Party

When Martin Luther King Jr. and several other African American leaders made the pilgrimage to Ghana, the country's independence took on greater significance for the ______________

civil rights movement

Atlantic slave trade

Zulu warriors

Government of Africa

He was a central figure and spokes person for the civil rights movement who championed the philosophy of non-violent resistance against racial oppression?

Malcolm X

Thurgood Marshall

Martin Luther King Jr.

F. W. De Klerk

His speech connected the suffering of African Americans with those on the African continent.

Kwame Nkrumah

Malcolm X

Abraham Lincoln

Martin Luther King Jr.

What does repatriate mean

To go on vacation/travel

To kick out

To take in

To move back

Did the gains of the civil rights movement during the mid 1950s to mid 1960s end the structural racism and inequality in all arenas of American life?

No

Yes

Maybe

Who staged a demonstration at the American Embassy in the Ghanaian capital city of Accra to coincide with the historic march on Washington in 1963?

NAACP

African Americans

Swahili

Bantu

What did you like the most about the article?

Two decades into the twenty-first century, as the United States reckons with its history of racism and police violence against African Americans, African nations have joined global efforts to denounce American racism.

True

False

I don't know

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The civil rights movement in the United States included the centuries-long struggles of African Americans for ________ and ________

decolonization 

civil liberties, racial equality

inequality, fighting

natural resources, land

Africans were fighting to gain __________ and _______from European colonial rule.

power, freedom

religious freedom, independence

oppression, power

freedom, independence

None of the above

Africans and many African Americans in this period embraced the idea that Africans and their descendants in other parts of the world had shared histories of______ and ______

racial oppression, oppression

struggles, civil liberties

historical, relationships

independence, liberation

Which country was established as the first country in sub-Saharan Africa  and to gain independence from British colonial rule in 1957?

Nigeria

Chad

Ghana

Kenya

The West African nations independence served as a beacon for Black freedom across the African ________and the African diaspora.

continent

mountains

desert

nation

What is diaspora?

a disappearing desert

a group of people who have been dispersed to places outside of their homeland.

a group of people who share the same traditions and customs.

a group of people who share the same religious beliefs.

What year did Nigeria gain its independence?

1930

1940

1950

1960

African Americans began to see their struggle for racial liberation in more __________

4 year terms

2 year terms

international terms

liberal terms

Each _________ against colonialism in Africa directly influenced the civil Rights movement.

tribe fight

victorious rebellion

village conflict

independence movement

Kwame Nkrumah was ________ first prime minister and went to college at ________.

Ghana, Lincoln University

Sudan, University of Georgia

Mali, Florida State University

Angola, Oral Roberts University

Nkrumah viewed the conditions of African Americans as part of the larger African diaspora and 

new world order

partitioning of Africa

Berlin Convention

global human rights battle

Challenged British colonial masters, paving the way for independence in 1957.

Kwame, the Independence Party

Malcolm X, the Political Party

Martin Luther King Jr., The Freedom Party

Kwame, the Convention People's Party

When Martin Luther King Jr. and several other African American leaders made the pilgrimage to Ghana, the country's independence took on greater significance for the ______________

civil rights movement

Atlantic slave trade

Zulu warriors

Government of Africa

He was a central figure and spokes person for the civil rights movement who championed the philosophy of non-violent resistance against racial oppression?

Malcolm X

Thurgood Marshall

Martin Luther King Jr.

F. W. De Klerk

His speech connected the suffering of African Americans with those on the African continent.

Kwame Nkrumah

Malcolm X

Abraham Lincoln

Martin Luther King Jr.

What does repatriate mean

To go on vacation/travel

To kick out

To take in

To move back

Did the gains of the civil rights movement during the mid 1950s to mid 1960s end the structural racism and inequality in all arenas of American life?

No

Yes

Maybe

Who staged a demonstration at the American Embassy in the Ghanaian capital city of Accra to coincide with the historic march on Washington in 1963?

NAACP

African Americans

Swahili

Bantu

Two decades into the twenty-first century, as the United States reckons with its history of racism and police violence against African Americans, African nations have joined global efforts to denounce American racism.

True

False

I don't know