The 1950s and 1960s in America: Crash Course US History

The Civil Rights and 1960s in America

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Multiple Choice

Some states got so into the resistance to desegregation that they began

• to fly the confederate flag over their state building.

• they ordered federal troops to escort children to and from school.

• they change their state songs to Dixie.

• they began erecting confederate monuments.

Multiple Choice

Rosa Parks was new to the Civil Rights movement when she was arrested for not giving up her bus seat in 1955?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Rosa Parks arrest for not giving up her seat led to what yearlong boycott?

• The Montgomery

• The Greensboro Sit-In

• The Freedom Riders

• The Million Man March

Multiple Choice

Which Civil Rights leader first rose to prominence as the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Bayard Rustin

• Emmett Till

Multiple Choice

What was the reaction of many South states to the decision of Brown v. Board?

• Massive Resistance

• Nullification

• Impeachment

• Veto

Multiple Choice

Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children. The impact is greater when it has the sanction of the law, for the policy of separating the races is usually interpreted as denoting the inferiority of the negro group. A sense of inferiority affects the motivation of a child to learn. Segregation with the sanction of law, therefore, has a tendency to [retard] the educational and mental development of negro children and to deprive them of some of the benefits they would receive in a racial[ly] integrated school system. This opinion is from what landmark case?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Scott v. Sanford

• Wong Kim Ark v. U.S.

• Brown v. Board of Education

Multiple Choice

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall pursed a legal strategy of trying to make states live up to the ruling in?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Scott v. Sanford

• Wong Kim Ark v. U.S.

• Brown v. Board of Education

Multiple Choice

Which governor of California would later go on to be Supreme Court Chief Justice?

• Earl Warren

• Thurgood Marshall

• Hugo Black

• Felix Frankfurter

Multiple Choice

What was a key objective of the 1950's Civil Rights movement which began with the case Mendez v. Westminster?

• Desegregating school.

• Lifting of seating restraints on public busses.

• Expanding the protections of accused.

• Desegregating of public places such as lunch counters.

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the movement of African Americans to obtain Civil Rights during WWII?

• Double V Campaign

• Rights Now, Responsibility Later

• Sit down strikes

• NAACP

Multiple Choice

What practice severely limited the educational opportunities of African Americans at the beginning of the 1950's?

• Segregated schools.

• White teachers who could not relate to the struggle of African American students.

• Under trained teachers in African American schools.

• Underfunding from schools in the American South.

Multiple Choice

In the 1950's what percentage of African Americans lived in poverty?

• 50%

• 75%

• 25%

• 90%

Multiple Choice

What movement began in the 1950's

• The Civil Rights movement.

• The Cold War.

• The Progressive movement

• The Conservative movement.

Multiple Choice

What movement began in the 1950's

• The Civil Rights movement.

• The Cold War.

• The Progressive movement

• The Conservative movement.

Multiple Choice

One of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions made in the 1960s legalized abortions. What was the name of this court case?

• Roe vs. Wade

• Baker vs Carr

• Miranda vs. Arizona

• Engel vs. Vitale

Multiple Choice

What name was given to the US Supreme Court that made many changes in the 1960s?

• Kennedy Court

• Jay Court

• Madison Court

• Warren Court

Multiple Choice

Who wrote the mystery document? (Hint: From her book "Silent Spring")

• Rosa Parks

• Janis Joplin

• Lady Bird Johnson

• Rachel Carson

Multiple Choice

Vietnam galvanized students. What does galvanize mean?

• build conservative beliefs

• cause apathy

• spur into action

• cause to become isolated

Multiple Choice

Who was the African American leader of the Nation of Islam and the Black Panther movement who was killed in 1965?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcom X

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• Barry Goldwater

Multiple Choice

In what area of the US were the most violent race riots held?

• Watts

• Atlanta

• Chicago

• San Francisco

Multiple Choice

What was the name given to Lyndon Johnson's domestic initiatives that took place from 1965-1967?

• Civil Rights Road

• The Second New Deal

• The Great Society

• CORE

Multiple Choice

Who became president after John F. Kennedy's assassination?

• Nixon

• Johnson

• Carter

• Ford

Multiple Choice

Where was Martin Luther King jailed in the 1960s? (He wrote a famous letter from this jail)

• Birmingham

• Mobile

• Atlanta

• Selma

Multiple Choice

What type of protest took place in Greensboro, North Carolina during the 1960s?

• Bus boycotts

• Marches

• Race riots

• Sit-ins