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WorksheetsWagg US - EOC Review - African American History B
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Ruled that segregation was illegal and overturned Plessey v Ferguson's "separate but equal"
a)
SNCC
b)
White Primary
c)
Civil Rights Act
d)
Brown v Board of Education
2.
Desegregation movement that happened in a southern Georgia city. The practice non-violent protests, boycotts, and sit-ins.
a)
Albany Movement
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Civil Rights Act
d)
SNCC
3.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
4.
student organization founded to help black citizens register to vote, led non-violent protests, sit-ins, and boycotts of business that would not serve blacks
a)
SNCC
b)
Albany Movement
c)
Brown v BOE
d)
Sibley commission
5.
Who boosted Black nationalism first urging blacks to use armed self-defense and later changing to peaceful means?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
Medgar Evers
d)
Thurgood Marshall
6.
Who is this?
a)
Oprah Winfrey
b)
Whoopi Goldberg
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Maya Angelou
7.
On what team did Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in baseball?
a)
St. Louis Cardinals
b)
Chicago Cubs
c)
Atlanta Braves
d)
Brooklyn Dodgers
8.
What was Martin Luther King Jr. known for?
a)
Being the first African American baseball player.
b)
Being the first African American to fly a plane.
c)
Being a non-violent civil rights activist.
d)
Being the first African American President.
9.
Who is the leader that led many African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement and gave the "I have a dream" speech
a)
Jesse Jackson
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Barack Obama
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
10.
The Civil Rights Act...
a)
Made discrimination illegal based on race and gender
b)
Ended slavery
c)
Gave voting rights to Blacks
d)
Guarenteed equal pay for women and blacks
11.
What ended segregation, especially in schools?
a)
Protests by African Americans
b)
Brown vs. Board of Education Court Case
c)
Teachers started treating students equally
12.
How did African Americans fight for equal rights during the modern civil rights movement?
a)
They did rallies and marches
b)
They did sit-ins at "whites only" diners
c)
They boycotted busses
d)
All of the Above
13.
Malcolm X, who founded the Organization for Afro-American Unity in 1963, was a leading spokesman for:
a)
black rights
b)
black service
c)
black pride
d)
black freedom
14.
What was the nickname of the first 9 black teens to go to a white high school?
a)
Little Einstein
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
Sinister 9
d)
Big Rock Nine
15.
Who started the boycott in Montgomery
a)
MLK
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
MALCOM X
d)
WEB DuBois
16.
Who is best know for their contributions to jazz music?
a)
Louis Armstrong
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Bessie Smith
d)
Jim Crow
17.
Who was Langston Hughes?
a)
A popular swing dance singer
b)
Owner of a popular Speak Easy
c)
A famous poet and writer
d)
A famous actor
18.
What is one major similarity between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?
a)
They were both born as slaves in the South
b)
They were both early civil rights leaders
c)
They were both newspaper writers
d)
They both demanded immediate political & social equality
19.
W.E.B. Du Bois believed that
a)
Social independence must come first, prosperity would follow
b)
African Americans must demand immediate political and social equality
c)
Economic independence was the only road to social and political equality
d)
Separate schools for blacks and whites were important, especially in Georgia
20.
Of the following, which word BEST fits with W.E.B. views on racial equality?
a)
Patient
b)
Immediate
c)
Accommodating
d)
Indifferent
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