Civil Rights Quiz

Which goal was the original mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens?

• Support the rights of Latin American community

• Argue for new laws that improve factory conditions

• Campaign for the elimination of immigration quotas

• Improve relations with nations of Central and South America

Which Texan formed the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) and used nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides?

• Hector P. Garcia

• Medgar Evers

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• James Farmer, Jr

What was the relationship between Lyndon B. Johnson and the civil rights movement?

• He worked hard to win the passage of civil rights legislation, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

• He ignored the movement, focusing instead on the country’s economy.

• He supported the movement, but did little to further its goals.

• He pushed for the resegregation of Texas’s public schools

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• Segregation

• Boycott

• Activist

• Civil Disobedience

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Ban Civil Rights protests in Washington D.C.

• Protect private property of an individual

• Banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion.

• Decrease the political and economic opportunities for minorities

What was the purpose of the American GI Forum?

• In charge of defending African Americans who have been victims of racially-motivated crimes

• Focused on making African American communities self-sufficient, and self-determined

• Provide legal assistance to anyone who's civil rights have been violated

• In charge of making sure that Veterans or their families are taken care of. 

This organization was founded by a Mexican American and is best known for supporting the rights of Mexican Americans, specifically Mexican veterans.

• Malcom X

• Hector P. Garcia

• James Farmer

• John F. Kennedy

Law that gave the federal government the power to protect the voting rights of all citizens

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Fair Housing Act of 1988

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Legislation Act of 1966

Lulu Belle Madison White is best known for...

• Organizing CORE

• Leading the March on Washington

• Campaigning for the rights of Latino veterans

• Serving as the president of the Houston NAACP

This organization sought African American Civil Rights, through non-violent protests like Freedom Rides

• NAACP

• LULAC

• CORE

• MAYO