Civil Rights Movement Test (L)

This classroom is most likely the direct result of:

• Oral Faubus protesting desegregation at Little Rock High School

• Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball

• The Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education

• Rosa Parks being arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• 14th Amendment

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Freedom Rides

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Black Panthers distinguished themselves as a civil rights group that -

• used the court system to bring change to America

• used hunger strikes to bring awareness to the issues facing minorities

• used nonviolence to engage leaders in Congress

• used force if necessary to protect and defend themselves

Complete the timeline by matching each voting rights amendment or law to the year it was enacted. Write the correct letter in the box.

Groups:

(a) 1870

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(b) 1920

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(c) 1965

• Federal legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting

• Fifteenth Amendment prohibits denying voting rights based on race

• Nineteenth Amendment grants women suffrage

This photograph is most closely associated with which of the following events?

• March on Washington

• Freedom Rides

• Little Rock High School Crisis

• Brown v. Board of Education ruling

President Eisenhower was forced to issue this statement after -

• the March on Washington caused violent riots throughout the nation

• Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech captivated the nation

• Orval Faubus refused to desegregate schools in his state

• Congress voted to overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Jackie Robinson

• Shirley Chisholm

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat setting in motion -

• the Plessy v. Ferguson court case

• a bus boycott

• sit-ins at segregated restaurants

• the breaking of the color barrier in baseball

The man portrayed above was known for -

• advocating the use of civil disobedience during the Civil Rights movement

• becoming the first African American to be elected to the House of Representatives

• using force when being attacked by police officers and police dogs

• going on a 100-day hunger strike to bring awareness to discrimination in the workplace

This excerpt is from an executive order by President Truman in 1948. "It is hereby declared...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. -President Harry Truman, Executive Order 9981, 1948. Executive Order 9981 was a response to the lack of progress regarding civil rights by the _____________. This executive order began the _____________ of the military by the end of the Korean War."

(a)   ​ (b)  

• president
• government
• congress
• military
• Integration