Civil Rights Movement Review Quiz

What was the intent of this executive order?

• to recruit more men to the military

• to desegregate the military

• to allow women to receive veterans' benefits

• to end the use of literacy tests

Based on this excerpt, how did the Civil Rights Act affect the federal government's role in enforcing civil rights legislation?

• The law made the federal government the primary enforcer of civil rights legislation.

• The law forced the federal government to enforce legislation passed at the state level.

• The law allowed the federal government to enforce legislation only when the states requested its help.

• The law gave the federal government the authority to enforce civil rights legislation when necessary.

What generalization can be drawn from the information in this chart?

• Though the organization had similar goals, they utilized a wide variety of strategies to try to improve civil rights.

• Through the organizations had very different goals, they all pursued similar strategies to achieve civil rights.

• There was no overlap in goals and strategies between civil rights groups.

• All groups believed in strict adherence to the principles of civil disobedience.

How did civil rights leaders such as Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X differ from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in their approach to achieving equal rights?

• They believed nonviolent tactics were not enough to win equality.

• They believed boycotts and sit-ins needed to expand nationwide.

• They believed African Americans should migrate out of the South.

• They believed African Americans should use legal means to obtain equality.

In this letter, Dr. King is offering justification for what action?

• armed resistance

• civil disobedience

• civil litigation

• defiant rebellion

How does this amendment impact democracy in the United States?

• It increases the electorate by removing socioeconomic variables to voting.

• It institutes the use of primary elections to increase voter participation.

• It requires the president and vice president to be elected by a direct vote of the people.

• It lowers the voting age to 18 to allow more people to vote.

What was the collective purpose of these pieces of legislation?

• to encourage citizens to save money

• to address issues caused by poverty

• to prevent another stock market crash

• to prevent the spread of communism

In the 1960s and 1970s, what was a common element of the Chicano Movement, the American Indian Movement, the Women's Movement, and the Civil rights Movement?

• the desire to promote political, social, and economic equality for minority groups

• the use of economic boycotts to achieve their goals

• the unwillingness of the federal government to enact legislation related to their issues

• the use of hunger strikes by the top leaders of the movements

What impact did this book have on the United States?

• It reinforced traditional gender roles that were prevalent in the 1950s.

• It led to the resurgence of a movement to expand women's rights.

• It resulted in the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

• It encouraged women to participate in the Civil Rights Movement.

What was the constitutional basis for the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

• freedom of petition

• states sovereignty

• freedom of assembly

• the equal protection clause