Unit 6 Chapter 2 Practice Test

What are civil rights?

• a group of people working together for a shared cause

• a public display of support or opposition

• the things that the citizens of a country are allowed to say and do, based on the laws of that country

• the freedoms and legal protections guaranteed to all citizens

What does the term segregation mean?

• the unfair treatment of people because of something they cannot charge

• the act of keeping people separate, usually on the basis of race

• to refuse to buy a product or use a service out of protest

• the refusal to follow certain laws as a form of peaceful protest

What does this image show?

• segregation

• equal rights

• civil rights

• suffrage

Growing up, Jackie Robinson faced discrimination. What does the term discrimination mean?

• the act of keeping people separate, usually on the basis of race

• the things that the citizens of a country are allowed to say and do, based on the laws of that country

• to refuse to buy a product or use a service out of protest

• the unfair treatment of people because of something they cannot change

How did Jackie Robinson change professional sports?

• He demanded special treatment from teammates and fans.

• He was the first African American player in all-white professional sports league.

• He was the first African American professional baseball player to break the home run record.

• He was the first African American player to be on more than one professional sports team at the same time.

Why did Rosa Parks get arrested?

• She challenged the voting laws in her state.

• She started a sit-in challenge segregation in restaurants.

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

• She organized African American children to integrate all white schools.

What kind of school did Rosa Park attend as a child? Select the two correct answers.

• It was for African American and white children

• It did not have enough supplies for all

• It was a one-room schoolhouse

• It held classes all year round

• It was large and new

What 1956 Supreme Court decision resulted from the actions of Rosa Parks?

• It was against the law to prevent African American people from voting.

• It was against the law for people to take part in a boycott against a city.

• It was against the law for people to take part in the Civil Rights Movement.

• It was against the law to make African American people sit in segregated seating on public transit.

What was the main cause of the integration of New Orleans public schools?

• a decision by the Supreme Court

• a large march in Washington, D.C.

• a new law passed by Congress

• a boycott in New Orleans

Who spoke against segregation and championed nonviolent protest?

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Jackie Robinson