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Modern Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event gave African Americans more opportunities before the Great Depression?

a)

New Deal programs

b)

World War II

c)

Great Migration

d)

Integration of the military

2.

What Civil Rights organization was created during the Progressive Era?

a)

CORE

b)

SCLC

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

3.

How did FDR and the New Deal improve opportunities for African Americans?

a)

High level positions in the FDR administration

b)

job opportunities in the WPA and CCC

c)

insurance for the poor (Medicaid)

d)

Headstart Program

4.

What president integrated the U.S. military?

a)

FDR

b)

Truman

c)

Ike

d)

JFK

5.

What team signed Jackie Robinson, integrating Major League baseball?

a)

Atlanta Braves

b)

New York Yankees

c)

Washington Senators

d)

Brooklyn Dodgers

6.

What case did Brown v. B.O.E. of Topeka overturn?

a)

Scott v. Sandford

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Gideon v. Wainwright

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

7.

What tactic was primarily employed by protesters after Rosa Parks was arrested?

a)

sit-ins

b)

boycotts

c)

marches

d)

lawsuits

8.

What group did MLK and other Christian leaders form after the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

a)

SNCC

b)

CORE

c)

SCLC

d)

NAACP

9.

Where did Ike send the 101st Airborne Division to protect 9 African American students attempting to integrate?

a)

Birmingham

b)

Montgomery

c)

Anniston

d)

Little Rock

10.

Where did the Sit-in Movement begin and what group formed shortly after?

a)

Montgomery / SCLC

b)

Birmingham / CORE

c)

Greensboro / SNCC

d)

Oakland / Black Panthers

11.

What law was passed by Congress after the March on Washington?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1960

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

12.

What was the Southern Manifesto?

a)

A states' rights response to the Brown Decision

b)

A states' rights response to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

a states' rights response to the Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

an effort to slow down integration and equality for blacks

13.

Approximately what % of African American students had integrated 10 years after the Brown Decision?

a)

75%

b)

50%

c)

25%

d)

2%

14.

After the segregation was banned in 1964, what was the next major goal for the Civil Rights Movement in the deep south?

a)

jobs

b)

voting

c)

interstate busing integration

d)

protection from police brutality

15.

After "Bloody Sunday" in Selma and the March to Montgomery, LBJ and Congress passed the ...

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Medicare Bill

c)

Medicaid Bill

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

16.

LBJ's War on Poverty included all of the following except:

a)

Head Start

b)

Medicare

c)

Food Stamp Act

d)

Medicaid

17.

The Black Panther Party was started primarily to:

a)

end poverty in the inner city

b)

protect African Americans against police brutality

c)

help integrate schools

d)

advocate self-defense

18.

All of the following cities experienced violent race riots in the 1960's except:

a)

Atlanta

b)

Newark

c)

L.A. (Watts)

d)

Detroit

19.

According to MLK, this city was the most segregated city in America.

a)

Montgomery

b)

Atlanta

c)

Jackson

d)

Birmingham

20.

What did the Kerner Commission discover as the major cause for the race riots in America in the late 60's?

a)

segregated schools

b)

police brutality

c)

poverty and discrimination

d)

MLK assassination

21.

Police must inform the accused of the right to remain silent:

a)

Mapp v. Ohio

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

Yates v. U.S.

d)

Escobedo v. IL

22.

Accused must be provided an attorney if he cannot afford one:

a)

Yates v. U.S.

b)

Gideon v. Wainwright

c)

Griswold v. CT

d)

Miranda v. IL

23.

Police must inform accused that he may have an attorney present while being questioned:

a)

Miranda v. AZ

b)

Engel v. Vitale

c)

Mapp v. Ohio

d)

Escobedo v. IL

24.

Griswold v. CT involved the legalization of ...

a)

marijuana

b)

revolutionary speech

c)

contraceptives

d)

communist front organizations

25.

What was the focus of Warren court?

a)

property rights

b)

privacy rights

c)

rights of the accused

d)

citizenship rights