Modern Civil Rights Movement

Which statement BEST describes Martin Luther King, Jr.’s role in the civil rights movement?

• being involved with the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision

• creating the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• advising the Sibley Commission on racial issues

• leader of the civil rights movement and advocator of nonviolent protests

What happened as a result of the Voting Rights Act?

• the number of registered black voters increased by hundreds of thousands
• election day was changed to a Wednesday
• a large number of white people moved to the South
• the number of white voters decreased by hundreds of thousands

Who signed the Voting Act of 1965 into law on August 6, 1965?

• President Johnson

• President Wilson

• President Roosevelt

• President Trump

What two Civil Rights activists were assassinated during the last half of the 1960s?

• Malcolm X

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Dr. Martin Luther King ,jr.

What did Congress pass that prohibited discrimination in public places and provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1764

• Voting Act of 1965

• Emancipation Proclamation

The Civil Rights Act made employment discrimination illegal.

• True

• False

What law placed a nationwide prohibition against the denial of the right to vote based on the literacy tests?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Act of 1965

• Voting Act of 1765

• Emancipation Proclamation

World War II changed the landscape for Civil Rights in America.

• True

• False

African Americans contribution to World War II led to the desegregation of the United States ____________?

• army

• navy

• military

• air force

Which president ordered the desegregation of the army in 1948?

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry S. Truman

• Barack Obama

• Lyndon B. Johnson