civil rights movement

civil rights movement

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Patrick Dillard

Geography

7th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Why was President JFK very popular with African Americans?
He helped organize the March on Washington
He made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal
He wasn't popular with African Americans
He was very involved in Civil Rights and introduced the Civil Rights Bill

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How did the assassination of MLK affect the Civil Rights Movement?
It had no effect
The movement continued because he wasn't that important
People were heartbroken and the movement slowed
The movement gained strength because people of all races were outraged

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest
Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person
Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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The March on Washington was most famous because . . .
it caused race riots in the nation's Capital
200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote
the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
It allowed blacks to run for public office
It ended segregation in schools
It made poll taxes illegal

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for which of the following:
Organizing the March on Washington
Not giving us his bus seat
Winning the court case of Brown versus Board of Education
Giving African Americans the right to vote

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What was the result of the Brown versus Board of Education court case in 1954?
Segregation of public schools became illegal
African Americans began to play professional sports
Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus

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