Civil Rights in Texas Study Quiz

Helped with the civil rights movement by signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act

• Hector P. Garcia

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• James L. Farmer Jr.

• Martin Luther King

Co-founder of C.O.R.E. (Congress of Racial Equality) and organized nonviolent protest?

• James L. Farmer

• Martin Luther King

• Thurgood Marshall

• Hector Garcia

What was C.O.R.E.'s main goal?

• To help bring low cost health care to Hispanics

• To help women receive the right to vote

• To make sure that women receive equal pay

• To bring equality to all people, no matter the race, creed or age

Once the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, this helped to make sure that

• public schools were desegregated

• public schools stayed segregated

• jobs can keep discriminating against people of color

• buses stayed segregated

Which of the following best shows how the American G.I. Forum helped?

• It was set up to help women after the war.

• It helped make sure that African Americans could receive equal pay.

• It was set up to help Mexican Americans after the war.

• It made sure that all veterans received health care.

Which person became the leader of the Austin Women's Suffrage Association?

• Elizabeth Scranton

• Ma Ferguson

• Lulu Belle Madison White

• Jane McCallum

The Civil Rights Movement helped with what?

• To end segregation

• To start slavery

• To start segregation

• To end slavery

What was a major goal of L.U.L.A.C.?

• To end discrimination against people with low income

• To end discrimination against Hispanics

• To end discrimination against African Americans

• To end discrimination against women

What action did Rosa Parks take that made her famous in the Civil Rights Movement?

• She wrote a famous speech.

• She refused to give up her seat on a bus.

• She ran for political office.

• She started a school for all children.

What was a major goal of the Civil Rights Movement regarding schools?

• To make school longer.

• To end racial segregation in schools.

• To close all schools.

• To make school uniforms mandatory.