History Of Human Rights Movements Set 5

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This set of History of Human Rights Movements Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of Human Rights Movements Set 5

Q1 | ............. became the President of the United States by defeating John C.Breckinridge - the nominee of the Southern faction, by a huge margin.
  • abraham lincoln
  • desmond tutu
  • jefferson davis
  • george w. randolph
Q2 | The Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln became the President of theUnited States by defeating ............- the nominee of the Southern faction, by a huge margin.
  • john c. breckinridge
  • jefferson davis
  • william wilber force
  • abraham lincoln
Q3 | Soon after the War, American President ................under his capacity ofbeing the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy issued the Emancipation Proclamation which declared the freedom of all slaves in the Confederate States of America.
  • abraham lincoln
  • desmond tutu
  • jefferson davis
  • george w. randolph
Q4 | The history of slavery in America dates back to the seventeenth centurywhen slaves were brought to Virginia in.............
  • 1519
  • 1609
  • 1619
  • 1648
Q5 | Abraham Lincoln was elected the President of United States in..................
  • 1760
  • 1765
  • 1860
  • 1863
Q6 | South Carolina was the first state to declare secession from the UnitedStates in .................
  • 1761
  • 1768
  • 1769
  • 1861
Q7 | On September 22, ............, Abraham Lincoln issued what is known as thePreliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
  • 1762
  • 1767
  • 1784
  • 1862
Q8 | As promised, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on1st January, ...............
  • 1743
  • 1753
  • 1764
  • 1863
Q9 | The American Civil War ended in ............. with the Northern forces underthe Union defeating the southern states fighting under Confederacy.
  • 1755
  • 1765
  • 1796
  • 1865
Q10 | The Congress passed the 13th amendment which abolished slavery in theUnited States on January 31, 1865, and it was ratified by the states on December 6,...................
  • 1755
  • 1765
  • 1768
  • 1865
Q11 | The American Civil War was fought in the years 1861-1865 over the issueof ……………...
  • slavery
  • communism
  • socialism
  • mercantilism
Q12 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born in Porbandar,…………...
  • delhi
  • bombay
  • haryana
  • gujarat
Q13 | ………………. adopted the policy of mass disobedience and non-violent resistance as weapons against the British Rule in India and followed aprinciple of Ahimsa (total Non-Violence).
  • andrew johnson
  • abraham lincoln
  • gideon welles
  • mahatma gandhi
Q14 | …………. birthday 2 October is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, anational holiday and as the International Non-Violence day across the world.
  • mahatma gandhi’s
  • abraham lincoln’s
  • desmond tutu’s
  • stonewall jackson’s
Q15 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, a town in Gujaratin western India on 2 October …………….
  • 1759
  • 1769
  • 1786
  • 1869
Q16 | At the age of 13 …………was married to one year older kasturba.
  • mahatma gandhi
  • abraham lincoln
  • desmond tutu
  • stonewall jackson
Q17 | On 4th September……………., Mahatma Gandhi traveled to England tostudy law at the university College London and to train as a barrister, as his family wanted him to be a barrister.
  • 1768
  • 1788
  • 1867
  • 1888
Q18 | …………. had started and popularized the term ‘Harijan’ for theUntouchables (though many saw it as patronizing).
  • nelson mandela
  • ambedkar
  • martin luther king, jr.
  • mahatma gandhi
Q19 | ………… was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • martin luther king, jr.
  • f. w. de klerk
  • abraham lincoln
  • desmond tutu
Q20 | While spending time in the Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, …………. learned all about Mahatma Gandhi's policy against non- violence, and finally earned a degree in Divinity in 1951.
  • martin luther king, jr.
  • f. w. de klerk
  • abraham lincoln
  • desmond tutu
Q21 | …………….. went on to Boston University, to complete his dissertation onthe subject, "A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman.
  • desmond tutu
  • f. w. de klerk
  • abraham lincoln
  • martin luther king, jr.
Q22 | …………….. soon became a pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, after having married Coretta Scott in 1953, asinger he met while in Boston.
  • martin luther king, jr.
  • f. w. de klerk
  • abraham lincoln
  • edmund burke
Q23 | In 1957, an organization called the Southern Christian LeadershipConference was formed, under the leadership of ……………., as a means of leading the upcoming civil rights movement in the country.
  • martin luther king, jr.
  • f. w. de klerk
  • nelson mandela
  • edmund burke
Q24 | As part of the poor people's campaign, ……….. went to Memphis,Tennessee on 29 March, 1968, in order to show support for the black sanitation workers.
  • martin luther king, jr.
  • f. w. de klerk
  • nelson mandela
  • edmund burke
Q25 | ………….., is now leading the United States of America as its president.
  • barrack obama
  • f. w. de klerk
  • nelson mandela
  • martin luther king, jr