📘 Corrigé et explications (10 questions)
1. What is 'segregation'?
Bonne réponse : The legal or social separation of people based on race.
Exact. Segregation is the enforced separation of racial groups.
2. What were the 'Jim Crow laws'?
Bonne réponse : State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
Bien vu. Jim Crow laws enforced segregation, especially in the South.
3. What does 'de facto segregation' mean?
Bonne réponse : Segregation that exists by practice and custom, not by law.
Correct. De facto means 'in fact', not by law.
4. What is 'the Civil Rights Movement'?
Bonne réponse : A social movement in the 1950s and 1960s to end racial discrimination and secure legal rights for African Americans.
Tout juste. It was a broad movement for equality and rights.
5. What is 'the Great Migration'?
Bonne réponse : The movement of millions of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North between 1910 and 1970.
Exact. It was a massive internal migration.
6. What is 'the Voting Rights Act of 1965'?
Bonne réponse : A federal law that prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
Bravo. It specifically targeted voting discrimination.
7. What does 'nonviolent resistance' mean in the context of the Civil Rights Movement?
Bonne réponse : A strategy of protesting without using physical violence, such as sit-ins and marches.
Parfait. Nonviolent resistance was key to the movement.
8. Who was 'Malcolm X'?
Bonne réponse : An African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who advocated for black empowerment.
Exact. Malcolm X was a prominent figure with a different approach.
9. What is 'the Black Power movement'?
Bonne réponse : A movement emphasizing racial pride, economic empowerment, and the creation of political and cultural institutions for African Americans.
Bien vu. It focused on self-determination and pride.
10. What does 'affirmative action' refer to?
Bonne réponse : Policies that take factors like race into account to increase opportunities for underrepresented groups.
Correct. It's about proactive measures to promote equality.
