Checkpoint 8.00 Civil Rights Quiz (USBH)

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the labor shortage during World War II?

• It opened new job opportunities for African Americans.

• It caused African Americans to lose their jobs.

• It led to the end of the civil rights movement.

• It resulted in fewer women working.

Which Supreme Court case ruled that public schools could not be segregated?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Morgan v. Virginia

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Plessy v. Ferguson

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Sweatt v. Painter?

• Law schools must admit black applicants.

• Public schools could not be segregated.

• The seating on interstate buses could not be segregated.

• Segregation in restaurants was banned.

How did Governor Orval Faubus respond to the desegregation and crisis at Little Rock?

• He ordered the National Guard to turn away the African American students.

• He called on federal paratroopers to patrol downtown Little Rock.

• He expelled the students who continually harassed the “Little Rock Nine.”

• He consulted with President Eisenhower to determine the best way to proceed.

What happened as a result of the CORE freedom rides through the South?

• Segregation was banned in interstate travel facilities.

• U.S. marshals were forbidden from protecting bus riders.

• State agencies could determine who could visit bus station waiting rooms.

• Bus companies could prohibit people of certain races from purchasing tickets.

Which event happened FIRST in the chronology of the civil rights movement?

• 250,000 people marched on Washington.

• Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.

• Heart of Atlanta Hotel, Inc. v. United States made it clear that businesses could not discriminate.

• President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Which act eliminated the literacy tests that had previously disqualified many voters?

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Twenty-Fourth Amendment

• Selma Campaign

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

What did the Twenty-Fourth Amendment accomplish?

• eliminated the literacy tests that had previously disqualified many voters

• eliminated the poll tax from voting requirements

• designed to encourage the registration of voters throughout Alabama

• ended segregation in public schools

Which campaign was designed to encourage the registration of voters throughout Alabama?

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Twenty-Fourth Amendment

• Selma Campaign

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

Which event is described as one of the worst race riots in United States history?

• New York Riots, July 1964

• Watts Riots, August 1965

• Detroit Riots, July 1967

• Chicago Riots, 1968