Civil Rights Era Quiz: EOC Blitz

Use of force and violence to protest and protect is to the Black Panthers As supported civil disobedience is to ____________

• March on Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Location of protest to desegregate schools is to Little Rock, Arkansas As location of protest of segregation is to the _____

• March on Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Required desegregation of schools is to Brown v. Board of Education As ended poll taxes is to _______

• March on Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Government agencies could not discriminate in hiring is to Equal Employment Opportunity As law requiring equality in workplace is to _______________

• March on Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

In Brown v. Board of Education, schools were required to desegregate. This ruling was achieved -

• because of the work of Huey Newton and the Black Panthers

• by numerous peaceful protests led by Martin Luther King Jr.

• when Governor Orval Faubus refused to open public schools until integration was achieved

• by the legal work of Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP

Little Rock, Arkansas was the location of a protest over the issue of -

• the desegregation of schools

• U.S. involvement in the Korean War

• the use of nuclear weapons to subdue enemies of the United States

• voting rights for women

The “Freedom Rides” and the March on Washington resulted in -

• women gaining suffrage with the passage of the 19^th Amendment

• federal laws passed prohibiting discrimination in hiring practices

• increased funding for math and science programs to enhance our military arsenal

• scholarship opportunities for African American males attending universities

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended poll taxes and literacy tests as a prerequisite to vote, resulting in -

• women gaining the right to vote

• veterans of the Korean War voting in larger numbers

• larger voter participation in the North than the South

• increased voting rates of minorities

Which organization's name correctly completes this table?

• Nation of Islam

• Black Panther Party

• Congress of Racial Equality

• NAACP

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 contribute to the changes shown in this table?

• It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites

• It increased state revenues associated with poll taxes

• It contributed to increased involvement of lobbyists in political campaigns.

• It helped voters determine educational policy based on literacy test results.