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Civil Rights Test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The lunch counter “sit-ins” were meant to

a)
antagonize the restaurant owners.
b)
draw attention to segregation and challenge the law.
c)
provoke police intervention.
d)
protest rising food costs
2.

Which organization was founded by young students in the South after the Sit-Ins?

a)

Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC)

b)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

c)

The Nation of Islam

d)

The Black Panthers

3.
Which court case stated, "We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson 
b)
Brown v. Board of Education 
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Escobedo v. Illinois
4.

Which lawyer argued against segregation in the Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education - and would go on to become the first African-
American Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Ralph Abernathy

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

John Lewis

d)

Fannie Lou Hamer

5.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product is the 
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
riot
6.
Who traveled south in defiance of segregationist customs to test interstate whether buses were integrating or not?
a)
NAACP members
b)
Freedom Riders
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
The Black Panthers
7.
MLK led a protest called the Montgomery Bus Boycott. They were protesting the fact that...
a)
blacks paid more to ride the bus than whites.
b)
blacks could not ride the bus.
c)
blacks had to sit separately from whites on the bus.
d)
blacks had to sit next to whites on the bus.
8.
The use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change, is called...
a)
black power
b)
black nationalism
c)

civil disobedience

d)
integration
9.
Allowing people of all races to attend schools and public places together is called...
a)
integration
b)
discrimination
c)
black nationalism
d)
segregation
10.

The Supreme Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson allowed for

a)
Separate but equal facilities
b)
The integration of U.S. schools
c)
Increased voting rights for blacks
d)
The use of peaceful protests
11.
Major League Baseball's color barrier was broken by
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)

Medgar Evers

d)
Bobby Seale
12.

The court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education called for

a)
the integration of U.S. schools
b)
separate schools for blacks
c)
improved funding for black schools
d)
lynching to be a federal crime
13.

A co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), he focused on non-violent Civil Rights protests.  

a)
Malcolm X
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
d)

John F. Kennedy

14.
Who became the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Malcolm Little
c)
James Meredith
d)
Jackie Robinson
15.

Who was the "radical" black leader who converted to The Nation of Islam while in prison and called for black nationalism?  

a)
Malcolm X
b)
Huey Newton
c)
Bobby Seale
d)
Thurgood Marshall
16.
This 14-year-old-boy's murder heavily influenced and inspired the Civil Rights movement.  
a)
James Meredith
b)
Huey Newton
c)
Medgar Evers
d)
Emmitt Till
17.
Jim Crow Laws 
a)
protected African Americans against discrimination
b)
Restricted African American voting rights in the North
c)
Enforced the strict separation of the races in America
d)
Restored equal rights to African Americans in the U.S.
18.

Sit-ins were used to 

a)
protest against literacy tests
b)
integrate lunch counters
c)
support Rosa Parks
d)
encourage blacks to vote
19.

When nine black students were blocked from entering Little Rock Central High School, President Eisenhower

a)
ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround the state capitol
b)
Sent federal troops to escort the nine students into school
c)
allowed states to decide whether or not to integrate schools
d)
pressured Governor Orval Faubus to resign from office
20.
Which Civil Rights organization focused on using litigation (the courts) to fight for Civil Rights?
a)
The Black Panthers
b)
CORE
c)
NAACP
d)
SNCC
21.
Blacks were often prevented from voting in the South because 
a)
The 15th Amendment had not yet been passed
b)
Literacy tests were used unequally against blacks
c)
The U.S. Constitution barred blacks from voting
d)
Most southern blacks could not read or write
22.

The primary objective of SNCC's 1964 Freedom Summer program was to 

a)
Campaign for the impeachment of George Wallace
b)
Build support for the passage of a Civil Rights Bill
c)
convince Malcolm X and King to join forces
d)
register and educate black voters
23.

The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) was founded because 

a)
Blacks felt excluded by the state's normal Democratic Party
b)
Blacks felt betrayed by the state's Republican Party
c)
Blacks wanted to support the candidacy of Barry Goldwater
d)
White Citizens Councils wanted their own separate party
24.

Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the 

a)
Little Rock school crisis
b)
Selma-to-Montgomery March
c)
1963 March on Washington
d)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
25.

In Selma, Alabama, on "Bloody Sunday," 

a)
Destructive riots took place in the neighborhood of Watts
b)
Two white men were found not guilty if Emmitt Till's murder
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated outside a hotel room
d)
Peaceful marchers were beaten and gassed by state troopers
26.
Alabama Governor George Wallace, the Southern Manifesto, & White Citizens Councils all worked to
a)
Defeat 1964 Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater
b)
Help young students organize the SNCC
c)
Assist in the desegregation of lunch counters
d)
prevent improved Civil Rights in the South
27.

The Black Panthers did all of the following EXCEPT

a)
created anti-poverty & free breakfast programs for urban neighborhoods
b)
used the teachings of Gandhi to to inspire sit-ins & multi-racial marches
c)
protested anti-gun laws by entering the California state capitol building with weapons
d)
organized armed patrols to protect African Americans from the police
28.
One key difference between King and Malcolm X is that King 
a)
Was not willing to go to jail as a form of Civil Rights protest
b)
emphasized the teachings of the Nation of Islam to his followers
c)
was willing to use violence to achieve Civil Rights progress
d)
advocated that blacks and whites work together for progress
29.

The conflict at Little Rock's Central High School was a reaction to 

a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
d)
Plessy v. Fergusson
30.
What event was organized after Rosa Parks was arrested?
a)
The Selma-to-Montgomery March
b)
The Sit-ins
c)
The March on Washington
d)
Montgomery Bus Boycott

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