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Chapter 28: The Civil Rights Movement

Authored by Kendra Baber

History

7th Grade

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Chapter 28: The Civil Rights Movement
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?

African Americans would not be able to attend the same schools as whites.

Organizations to promote African American rights were illegal.

Separate facilities were constitutional as long as they were equal in quality.

Segregation in schools and other public facilities was illegal.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kept the Little Rock nine out of Central High School on the morning of September 4, 1957?

Congress halted efforts at gradual desegregation while it held an emergency session on a bill to legalize total desegregation.

Eisenhower sent National Guard troops to keep the students from entering the facility until the protest died down.

White protestors organized a non-violent sit-in at the entrance of the school, preventing class meetings.

The governor of Arkansas used National Guard troops to block the students from entering the school.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded to

work for the election of more black politicians and leaders.

protect the African American students at Central High School.

continue the peaceful struggle for civil rights.

organize sit-down strikes at restaurants in Greensboro.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The goal of the Freedom Rides was to

allow African Americans and whites to spend time together and share their experiences.

persuade the Supreme Court to overrule the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

show whites that African Americans were not afraid of violent attacks.

convince President Kennedy to enforce a ruling against segregation in bus stations.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The purpose of the 1963 March on Washington was to

encourage the participants in the Freedom Rides.

show that many people endorsed the Voting Rights Act.

protest the violent tactics used by the police in the South.

show support for President Kennedy's civil rights bill.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech

at the voting rights march in Selma.

in defense of the Freedom Riders.

while he was a Birmingham jail.

at the March on Washington.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Malcolm X's ideas differ from those of Martin Luther King Jr.?

Malcolm X believed it was acceptable to use violence in order to gain civil rights.

Malcolm X felt that the teachings of Christianity should guide those involved in the civil rights movement.

Malcolm X thought African Americans should prove themselves through hard work.

Malcolm X believed that African Americans deserved the same rights as white Americans.

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