STAAR Review Unit 9

Multiple Choice

Who became the standout leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement?

• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Malcolm X
• Nelson Mandela

Multiple Choice

What was the overall effect of Rosa Parks saying "No" to moving her seat?

• It led to the creation of a new bus company
• It resulted in stricter segregation laws
• It caused a decrease in public transportation usage for 7 years

• It sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and led to the desegregation of public transportation.

Multiple Select

What were the TWO most important pieces of legislation passed in the 1960s?

SELECT TWO CORRECT ANSWERS

• Equal Rights Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Voting Rights Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Civil Rights Act

Categorize

Options (2)

Outlaws racial discriminations in the workplace

Outlaws voter disenfranchisement tactics, such as literacy tests

Organize these options into the right categories

Civil Rights Act

Voting Rights Act

Practice STAAR Questions

Multiple Choice

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.

How did the federal government respond to the 1963 march described in this excerpt?

• By passing legislation prohibiting discriminations in public spaces

• By signing an executive order to desegregate the military

• By asking the Supreme Court to rule segregation in schools unconstitutional

• By ratifying an amendment granting suffrage to people of all races

Multiple Choice

Which policy did Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas most strongly support in the 1950s?

• Segregation in public places and schools

• enforcement of civil rights legislation

• Increases in the federal regulation of business

• Elimination of the poll tax

Multiple Choice

The trend illustrated in this graph led to a demand to pass laws -

• prohibiting union membership based on gender equality

• limiting the use of merit-based exams in the workplace

• guaranteeing gender equality in the workplace

• supporting federal employee fund-raising efforts