Civil Rights Quiz

The actions of Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X helped focus national attention on the need for reform in the area of

• environmental protection

• crime prevention

• public education

• civil rights

What was the major effect of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• Racial discrimination in public facilities was banned

• Citizenship and voting rights were extended to Native American Indians

• The use of poll taxes and literacy test for voting were outlawed

• Busing to integrate schools was authorized

W. E. B. Du Bois, Jackie Robinson, and James Meredith are considered pioneers in the area of

• labor relations

• educational reform

• civil rights

• environmental protection

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) are all associated with which movement?

• temperance

• abolition

• civil rights

• environmentalism

Which conclusion can be drawn from an examination of these 1947 newspaper headlines concerning Jackie Robinson?

• Robinson’s integration of major league baseball was an important event in the history of civil rights

• Robinson went on to organize the civil rights movement.

• Sports fans overwhelmingly encouraged the desegregation of public accommodations.

• Robinson’s major league debut had no impact on race relations in the United States.

During the 1960s, members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) used sit-ins primarily to

• protest high college tuition costs

• promote passage of clean air laws

• support voting rights for 18-year-old citizens

• challenge racially segregated public facilities

“No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.”

— Section 2, Voting Rights Act of 1965

The specific goal stated in this section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was to

• expand the use of property qualifications

• establish voter qualifications such as literacy tests

• stop fraudulent voting in large cities

• remove barriers to voting based on racial background

…It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin. This policy shall be put into effect as rapidly as possible, having due regard to the time required to effectuate any necessary changes without impairing efficiency or morale. …

— President Harry Truman, Executive Order 9981, July 26, 1948

According to the passage, the principal goal of President Truman in issuing this executive order was to

• stop the military draft

• end segregation in the armed forces

• increase opportunities for women to serve in combat

• ensure an adequate number of troops to fight in the Cold War

The issue discussed in this interview grew out of an effort to enforce the Supreme Court decision in

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

• Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US

Which circumstance is most clearly illustrated by this photograph?

• equality in accommodations experienced by African Americans

• discrimination while serving one’s country

• civil disobedience being used to protest racial segregation

• social changes in New York City after World War II