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Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Authored by Laura Guidry

History

11th Grade

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Civil Rights Movement Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a major consequence of the Jim Crow laws?

The end of racial segregation

Increased voter turnout among Black Americans

Desegregation of public schools

Suppression of Black Americans' rights

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which president issued Executive Order 9981 to desegregate the armed forces?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the 24th Amendment achieve?

Established equal protection under the law

Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson

Desegregated the armed forces

Abolished the poll tax

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the significance of Executive Order 9981?

It declared literacy tests unconstitutional

It established the Civil Rights Commission

It banned segregation in the armed forces

It initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision declare?

Segregated schools are legal

Segregated schools are inherently unequal

Poll taxes are unconstitutional

Literacy tests for voting are fair

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the 'Southern Manifesto'?

A Supreme Court decision

An executive order for civil rights

A declaration of southern states' intention to desegregate schools

A protest against the Brown vs. Board of Education decision

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were the Little Rock Nine?

Authors of the Southern Manifesto

A group of students who desegregated a high school in Arkansas

Members of the Supreme Court

Civil rights activists in the 1960s

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