Year 9 EOY History Assessment Preparation Quiz

What role did Presidents Kennedy and Johnson play in the US civil rights movement?

• They opposed the civil rights movement.

• They became more active in helping the civil rights movement and worked with Martin Luther King.

• They ignored the civil rights movement.

• They supported segregation laws.

What was the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• It made segregation legal.

• It had no impact on segregation.

• It made segregation illegal in public places based on race.

• It only applied to voting rights.

How did Martin Luther King's philosophy influence the civil rights movement?

• He encouraged violent protests.

• He followed a non-violent philosophy, which gained support from the population.

• He discouraged any form of protest.

• He focused solely on economic issues.

What was the outcome of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• The buses remained segregated.

• The boycott had no effect on bus segregation.

• The buses were eventually integrated, allowing black Americans to sit where they wanted.

• The boycott led to more segregation laws.

Which event is considered a turning point that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• The Brown v. Board of Education decision

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The Selma to Montgomery marches

• The March on Washington

What was the main goal of the Freedom Riders during the civil rights movement?

• To promote economic reforms

• To support women's suffrage

• To desegregate interstate bus travel in the South

• To protest against the Vietnam War

How did the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education impact public schools?

• It had no effect on public education.

• It declared that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

• It required immediate integration of all public schools.

• It upheld segregation in public schools.

Which organization was instrumental in organizing the 1963 March on Washington?

• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• The National Urban League

• The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

What was the primary purpose of the sit-in movement that began in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960?

• To support women's voting rights

• To demand desegregation of lunch counters

• To protest against the Vietnam War

• To promote labor union rights

Which civil rights leader became known for advocating 'Black Power' during the 1960s?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John Lewis

• Stokely Carmichael

• Thurgood Marshall