Question Bank for Grade 11 History

Where did the first sit-in take place?

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Greensboro, South Carolina

• Little Rock, Arkansas

• Greensboro, North Carolina

In which shop did the first sit-in take place?

• Woolworths

• The Warehouse

• Walmart

• K Mart

Who took part in the first sit-in? *

• High school students.

• Primary school students.

• University students.

• Working adults.

Which group was associated with the later sit-ins? *

• NAACP

• CORE

• SNCC

• SCLC

The March on Washington is most famous for...

• causing race riots in Washington, D.C.
• 200,000 people worked together to get the right to vote
• the KKK became an illegal organization
• MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech

What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?

• Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.

• Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism

• OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA

• Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

• Dolores Huerta

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ceaser Chavez

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

• WAC

• HUAC

• NAACP

• SNCC

What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

• Great Migration

• Prohibition

• NAACP

• Harlem Renaissance

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

• March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Black Panthers

• Mass Support Demonstrations

• Little Rock Nine