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WorksheetsUSH EOC Review Civil Rights
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A 1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" education for black and white students was unconstitutional.
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
Engel v. Vitale
2.
An organization founded in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and others leaders to work for civil rights through nonviolent means.
a)
Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
b)
Black Panther Party
c)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
d)
NAACP
3.
Civil Rights activists who rode buses through the South in the early 1960s to challenge segregation
a)
Little Rock Nine
b)
Black Panthers
c)
Selma Marchers
d)
Freedom Riders
4.
A 1964 project to register African-American voters in Mississippi.
a)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
Freedom Summer
c)
Freedom Riders
d)
Black Panther Party
5.
An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ints and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.
a)
National Organization for Women
b)
Students Nonviolent Coordination Committee
c)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
d)
Black Panthers
6.
A law that made it easier for African-Americans to register to vote by eliminating discriminatory literacy tests and authorizing federal examiners to enroll voters denied at the local level.
a)
Civil Right Act of 1964
b)
24th Amendment
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1960
d)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
7.
A law that banned discrimination on the basis of race, gender, national origin, or religion in public places and most workplaces.
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1968
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
d)
Economic Opportunity Act
8.
A proposed and failed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would have prohibited any government discrimination on the basis of gender.
a)
24th Amendment
b)
Desegregation Amendment
c)
22nd Amendment
d)
Equal Rights Amendment
9.
A militant African-American political organization formed in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to fight police brutality and to provide services in the ghetto.
a)
Black Panther Party
b)
Black Power
c)
Students for a Democratic Society
d)
Soul Force
10.
A slogan used by Stokely Carmichael in the 1960s that encouraged African-American pride and political and social ledership
a)
Black Power
b)
Soul Force
c)
We Shall Overcome
d)
Freedom Now
11.
Racial separation established by law.
a)
De Jure Segregation
b)
De Facto Segregation
12.
Racial separation established by practice and custom, not by law.
a)
De Facto Segregation
b)
De Jure Segregation
13.
A program established in 1965 that provides health insurance for people on welfare.
a)
Medicare
b)
Medicaid
14.
A federal program established in 1965 that provides hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance to Americans aged 65 and over.
a)
Medicare
b)
Medicaid
15.
An organization found in 1966 to pursue feminist goals such as better childcare facilities, improved educational opportunities, and an end to job discrimination.
a)
Students for a Democratic Party
b)
Women's Suffrage
c)
Great Society
d)
National Organization for Women
16.
A policy that seeks to correct the effects of past discrimination by favoring the groups who were previously disadvantaged.
a)
Initiative
b)
Affirmative Action
c)
Referendum
d)
Desegregation
17.
The culture of the young people who reject mainstream American society in the 1960s seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love, and individual freedom.
a)
Great Society
b)
War on Poverty
c)
Women's Rights Movement
d)
Counterculture
18.
An antiestablishment New Left group, founded in 1960, that called for greater individual freedom and responsibility.
a)
Students for a Democratic Society
b)
Yippies
c)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
d)
Free Speech Movement
19.
In 1962, the Court outlawed the use, even on voluntary basis, of a prayer written by the New York State Board of Regents.
a)
Escobedo v. Illinois
b)
Reynolds v. Sims
c)
Engel v. Vitale
d)
Roe v. Wade
20.
The 1963 Court case that held an attorney must be furnished to a defendant who cannot afford one.
a)
Gideon v. Wainwright
b)
New York Times v. Sullivan
c)
Griswold v. Connecticut
d)
Reynolds v. Sims
21.
1964 Court case that intended to prevent the cards from being stacked in favor of the prosecution.
a)
Engel v. Vitale
b)
Gideon v. Wainwright
c)
Escobedo v. Illinois
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
22.
1964 Court case held that the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause required every State to draw its legislative districts on the basis of population equality.
a)
Griswold v. Connecticut
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Escobedo v. Illinois
d)
Reynolds v. Sims
23.
The 1965 Court case that centered on a State law that outlawed birth-control devices. The Court held the law in violation of the 14th Amendment.
a)
Griswold v. Connecticut
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Webster v. Reproduction Health Services
d)
Miranda v. Arizona
24.
The 1966 Court case that laid down the Miranda Rule- before police may question a suspect they must read the suspect's rights.
a)
New York Times v. Sullivan
b)
Miranda v. Arizona
c)
Miranda v. New Mexico
d)
Engel v. Vitale
25.
The 1973 Court case that struck down abortion except when necessary to save the life of the mother.
a)
Roe v. Wade
b)
Griswold v. Connecticut
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Gideon v. Wainwright
26.
A 1964 Court case that established the actual malice standard, which has to be met before press reports about public officials can be considered to be defamation and libel.
a)
Escobedo v. Illinois
b)
Engel v. Vitale
c)
Reynolds v. Sims
d)
New York Times v. Sullivan
27.
Third part candidate running on the American Independent Party ticket in the 1968 Election. He was a former Alabama governor who believed in segregation and state's rights.
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Hubert Humphrey
c)
George Wallace
d)
Robert Kennedy
28.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election..., shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
a)
20th Amendment
b)
24th Amendment
c)
23rd Amendment
d)
21st Amendement
29.
He studied the teachings of the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad. He openly preached that whites were the cause of the black condition and that blacks should separate from white society.
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
James Meredith
30.
A seamstress and NAACP officer who refused to move from her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
a)
Mary McLeod Bethune
b)
Betty Friedan
c)
Dolores Huerta
d)
Rosa Parks
31.
He was the first black to register as a student at the all-white university- Ole Miss. He also set out on a 225-mile "walk against fear" in which he was shot and injured.
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
James Meredith
32.
He was a minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for using nonviolent civil disobedience.
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Stokely Carmichael
d)
Floyd McKissick
33.
A group of students who volunteered to integrate Arkansas' Central High School in 1957.
a)
Little Rock Nine
b)
Black Panthers
c)
Yippies
d)
Student Nonviolent Committee
34.
A form of demonstration used by African-Americans to protest discrimination in which the protestors sat at a segregated business and refused to leave until they were served.
a)
Walk-outs
b)
Strikes
c)
Sit-ins
d)
Bus Boycott
35.
An organization founded in 1909 to promote full racial equality.
a)
NAACP
b)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
c)
Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
d)
Black Panther Party
36.
An often militant Native American rights organization in 1968.
a)
Environmental Movement
b)
Love Canal
c)
Antiwar Protests
d)
American Indian Movement
37.
He insisted that California's large great and vegetable companies accept their union as the bargaining agent for the farm workers.
a)
Cesar Chavez
b)
Dolorores Huerta
c)
Ben Campbell
d)
Dennis Banks
38.
She wrote The Feminine Mystique in which she addressed this "problem with no name" that affected women.
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Betty Friedan
c)
Phyllis Schlafly
d)
Gloria Steinem
39.
A 7,000 page document revealing that the government had drawn up plans for entering the war even as President LBJ promised that he would not send American troops to Vietnam. It confirmed many Americans' belief that the government had not been honest.
a)
Great Society Papers
b)
Detente
c)
Pentagon Papers
d)
Watergate Scandal
40.
What was one of the worst race riots during 1965 in a Los Angeles African-American neighborhood?
a)
Watts
b)
Harlem
c)
Chicago
d)
Birmingham
41.
Location of a massive student protest in 1970 that led the the burning of the campus ROTC building. The National Guard fired live ammunition into a group of protestors throwing rocks. Four were killed and nine wounded.
a)
Jackson State
b)
Kent State
c)
Ole Miss
d)
Berkeley
42.
Which all-black college protest turned out in violence similar to Kent State in 1970?
a)
Berkeley
b)
Ole Miss
c)
University of Alabama
d)
Jackson State
43.
The Democratic Party Convention of 1968 ended in disorder and led to Richard Nixon's victory.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
The Montgomery bus boycott began after Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
In 1960, the New Orleans integration of schools went smoothly and peaceful surprising everyone.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
What all white college did James Meredith win a court case allowing him to attend? Riots broke out on campus and federal officials had to escort Meredith.
a)
University of California
b)
University of Alabama
c)
University of Georgia
d)
University of Mississippi
47.
Why did Martin Luther King Jr. lead the March on Washington D.C. in 1963?
a)
Celebrate civil rights victories
b)
Protest the death of Emmett Till
c)
To demand the passage of the civil rights bill
d)
Plan the Montgomery Bus Boycott
48.
While in which jail did Martin Luther King Jr. write his famous letter to white religious leaders who felt he was pushing too fast?
a)
Birmingham
b)
Harlem
c)
Detroit
d)
Watts
49.
In which city in 1965 did the SCLC conduct a major voting rights campaign?
a)
Little Rock, Arkansas
b)
Greensboro, North Carolina
c)
Selma, Alabama
d)
Birmingham, Alabama
50.
The Freedom Riders are most associated with?
a)
School Integration
b)
Voting Campaigns
c)
Sit-ins
d)
Bus desegregation
51.
It was formed to administer federal housing programs in 1965.
a)
Economic Opportunity Act
b)
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Area Redevelopment Act
c)
Tax Reduction Act
d)
Department of Housing and Urban Development
52.
A scandal during the Nixon administration that attempted to cover up a burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington D.C.
a)
Teapot Dome Scandal
b)
Pentagon Papers
c)
Watergate Scandal
d)
Tet Offensive
53.
A policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions using by President Nixon.
a)
Brinkmanship
b)
Containment
c)
Detente
d)
Imperialism
54.
Which Communist country did President Nixon visit seeking to normalize relations.
a)
North Korea
b)
Vietnam
c)
China
d)
Cuba
55.
He was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974 when he became the only U.S. president to resign the office (R).
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
George Bush
d)
Bill Clinton
56.
He was the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was also Richard Nixon's Vice President (R).
a)
Ronald Reagan
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
George H.W. Bush
d)
Gerald Ford
57.
He was the 39thPresident of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (D). He is remembered for the Camp David Accords.
a)
Gerald Ford
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Ronald Reagan
58.
In the late 1970s in New York, it received national attention for the health problems that originated from the disposal of 22,000 barrels of toxic waste.
a)
Three Mile Island
b)
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
c)
The Seveso Disaster
d)
Love Canal
59.
It ended national-origins quotas established in 1924.
a)
Immigration Act
b)
Clean Air Act
c)
Higher Education Act
d)
Omnibus Housing Act
60.
Required states to clean up their rivers.
a)
Clean Air Act Amendment
b)
Air Quality Act
c)
Water Quality Act
d)
Wilderness Preservation Act
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