WorksheetsCivil Rights III Beyond Voting Rights
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The term "White Flight" refers to
a)
Segregation on Airlines
b)
The story of Daedalus and Icarus
c)
Whites leaving urban areas
d)
Bird migration
2.
Two subdivisions in New York City and Los Angeles that saw severe rioting in the 1960's were
a)
Soho and Beverly Hills
b)
Tribeca and Redondo Beach
c)
Harlem and Watts
d)
Queens and Long Beach Compton
3.
All of the following U.S. cities saw rioting in the 1960's EXCEPT
a)
Detroit, MI
b)
Cleveland, OH
c)
Salt Lake City, UT
d)
Baltimore, MD
4.
One of the first black pride/power organizations to appear was the Nation of Islam - the founder was -
a)
Elijah Muhammad
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Huey Newton
5.
This man joined the Nation of Islam and quickly became a charismatic leader who advocated "By any means necessary"
a)
Elijah Muhammad
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Bobby Seales
6.
Malcolm X participated in this fifth Pillar of Islam that led him to accept whites as well as people of all races as equal under the Islamic faith
a)
Zakat
b)
Sawm
c)
Salat
d)
Hajj
7.
Malcolm X eventually broke with Elijah Muhammad and this resulted in Malcolm X being...
a)
Chosen to represent Muslims in the U.S.
b)
Given the title of Mufti
c)
Assassinated
d)
Elected Senator from New York
8.
Another group that appeared in the 1960's that promoted black nationalist pride, power and separatism was -
a)
Black Lions
b)
Black Bears
c)
Black Panthers
d)
Black Broncos
9.
The two founders of the Black Panthers were -
a)
Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad
b)
Huey Newton and Bobby Seales
c)
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney
d)
Medgar Evars and Dr. King
10.
Both the Nation of Islam and the Black Panthers were in agreement over all these concepts EXCEPT
a)
Black self - reliance
b)
Black separatism
c)
Belief in Allah
d)
Black pride
11.
By the late 1960's Dr. King had begun to focus more on these issues and that is why he was in Memphis, TN at a sanitation workers strike.
a)
Political
b)
Religious
c)
Economic
d)
Social
12.
While visiting Memphis, TN for the sanitation workers strike, this happened to Dr. King while leaving room 306 of the Lorraine Motel
a)
He was arrested
b)
He was given a summons
c)
He was attacked by a mob
d)
He was assassinated
13.
The man who assassinated Dr. King was an escaped convict named -
a)
James Earl Jones
b)
James Earl Ray
c)
Jimmy Johns
d)
Jericho Cotchery
14.
Who was the President that signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and what issue did it address?
a)
Kennedy - Vietnam
b)
Nixon - The Silent Majority
c)
Johnson - Equality in Housing
d)
Ford - Pardoning
15.
During the 1960's only this institution was fully and universally integrated -
a)
Schools
b)
Housing
c)
Banks
d)
Military
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