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WorksheetsCivil Rights
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
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1.
The Civil Rights movement's strategy of nonviolent resistance was most widely advocated throughout the 1960s by
a)
Stokely Carmichael's Black Power Movement
b)
Huey P. Newton's Black Panther Party
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference
d)
Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American Unity
2.
What does this information describe?
• Outlawed discrimination in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce
• Prohibited discrimination by government agencies that receive federal funding
• Prohibited discrimination in hiring on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
• Established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Outlawed discrimination in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce
• Prohibited discrimination by government agencies that receive federal funding
• Prohibited discrimination in hiring on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
• Established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
a)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Brown V. Board of Education
d)
Regents of the University of California V. Blake
3.
What are two ways in voting that discrimination against Blacks and poor whites took place?
a)
Literacy Tests and Poll Taxes
b)
Voters had to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
c)
Voters had to sing The Star Spangled Banner.
d)
Citizenship Tests
4.
Who is this person in the picture credited for starting the American G.I. Forum?
a)
Cesar Chavez
b)
Jose Lopez
c)
Dr. Hector P. Garcia
d)
Pete Hernandez
5.
How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 give equal protection to African Americans, Latinos and women?
a)
It ended segregation in the U.S. armed forces.
b)
It barred discrimination in all public markets.
c)
It gave the Justice Department the power to enforce school desegregation.
d)
It authorized federal employees to register African Americans to vote.
6.
Who was POTUS when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
John W. Adams
7.
What outlawed the practice of discrimination in public places?
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
The 15th Amendment
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
d)
Bilingual Education Act of 1968
8.
What is the purpose of League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)?
a)
To help end discrimination against Black Americans.
b)
To help end discrimination against Asian Americans.
c)
To help in the Women's Suffrage Movement.
d)
To fight discrimination and segregation against Hispanic Americans.
9.
LBJ was known for creating what to end racial injustice and eliminate poverty?
a)
The Great Depression
b)
The Great Gatsby
c)
The Great Escape
d)
The Great Society
10.
“…..my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”
Who is the person that said this quote?
Who is the person that said this quote?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
James L. Farmer
11.
What program is NOT a part of LBJ'S Great Society?
a)
Job Corps
b)
Medicaid/Medicare
c)
FAFSA
d)
Headstart & Upward Bound
12.
Who founded the United Farm Workers union in 1965?
a)
Jose Lopez
b)
Cesar Chavez
c)
Pete Hernandez
d)
Dr. Hector P. Garcia
13.
What laws were created to keep Black and White Americans segregated in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Crow Laws
c)
Jim Baker Laws
d)
Eat Crow Laws
14.
What does NAACP stand for?
a)
The New-coming Animals to America Casualty Production
b)
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
c)
The National Academic Association for College People
d)
The New Animal Acceptance Corporate Program
15.
Which of the following is not an example of non-violent protesting?
a)
Sit-ins
b)
Marches
c)
Swim-ins
d)
Riots
16.
Which court case helped end discrimination against Hispanics in Jackson County, Texas.
a)
Brown V. Board of Education
b)
Plessy V. Ferguson
c)
Hernandez V. Texas
d)
People V. O.J. Simpson
17.
Who is the founder of CORE and helped lead Freedom Rides throughout the South?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
James Farmer
d)
Thurgood Marshall
18.
In Austin, what was called "The Red Sea" because it segregated the city?
a)
Hwy 290
b)
IH-35
c)
IH-10
d)
I-45
19.
Rosa Parks was the only Black female arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a crowded bus?
a)
False
b)
True
20.
Which segregated Austin location was where swim-ins took place?
a)
Barton Springs
b)
Zilker Park
c)
Hoover Diner
d)
Woolworth's
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