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Civil Rights/Kennedy and Johnson

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first African American in the MLB?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Larry Doby

d)

Don Newcombe

2.

Which organization worked through the courts to challenge segregation laws?

a)

SNCC

b)

NCAA

c)

SCLC

d)

NAACP

3.

What Supreme Court decision integrated schools?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Boynton v. Virgina

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Browder v. Gayle

4.

Rosa Parks' act of civil disobedience sparked what event that lasted about a year?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

The Little Rock Nine

d)

The Freedom Rides

5.

Which pastor became the spokesperson for the bus boycott and the Civil Rights movement?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

James Meredith

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

6.

Who was the main lawyer for the NAACP, known as Mr. Civil Rights?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

James Meredith

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

7.

Who was the first African American to attend Ole Miss?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

James Meredith

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

8.

What group of African American students enrolled at Central High School in Arkansas and had to be escorted by the National Guard?

a)

The Little Rock Nine

b)

The Montgomery Six

c)

The Greensboro Four

d)

SNCC

9.

Involving people of different races

a)

Biracial

b)

racial

c)

Interracial

d)

Segracial

10.

What organization, led by MLK and other Baptist leaders, encouraged nonviolent protest?

a)

SNCC

b)

CORE

c)

NAACP

d)

SCLC

11.

Who inspired MLK in methods of civil disobedience?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Henry David Thoreau

c)

Gandhi

d)

John Lewis

12.

Which Supreme Court decision integrated all transportation facilities?

a)

Boynton v. Virginia

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Browder v. Gayle

13.

What is the name of the group of people who sought to test the Boynton v. Virginia decision in which many ended up arrested or subject to violence?

a)

The Greensboro Four

b)

The Little Rock Nine

c)

CORE

d)

Freedom Riders

14.

A protest in which people would go to segregated lunch counters and remain there until arrested or served

a)

sit down strike

b)

lunch counter strike

c)

sit-in strike

d)

sit strike

15.

A student organization that focused on nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement

a)

SNCC

b)

SCLC

c)

NAACP

d)

SCNN

16.

During the Civil Rights Movement, what city was considered the most racist in America?

a)

Montgomery

b)

Selma

c)

Atlanta

d)

Birmingham

17.

Which of the following does NOT describe civil rights activities in Birmingham?

a)

The people welcomed marchers and protestors.

b)

Trained police dogs attacked marchers.

c)

Marchers were beaten up and many were arrested.

d)

Police used high powered water hoses on protestors.

18.

Which president helped MLK get out of jail, appointed African Americans to government jobs, and tried to get a Civil Rights bill passed?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

John F. Kennedy

19.

What event was designed to bring attention to the Civil Rights bill and was where King delivered his "I have a Dream" speech?

a)

March on Washington

b)

Selma March

c)

March on Birmingham

d)

Atlanta March

20.

Who was president when the Civil Rights bill finally passed?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Harry S. Truman

21.

Which of the following is TRUE of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

It banned discrimination in voter registration and in public places.

b)

It refused money to businesses practicing discrimination.

c)

It banned discrimination based on race, sex, and religion.

d)

All of these

22.

What piece of legislation banned literacy and other discriminatory laws blocking voting rights?

a)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

24th Amendment

c)

The Voting Bill

d)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

23.

What piece of legislation outlawed the poll tax?

a)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

24th Amendment

c)

The Voting Bill

d)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

24.

Who converted to Islam and rejected integration, but eventually changed his views on the separation of races?

a)

Bobby Seale

b)

Huey Newton

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Medgar Evers

25.

A movement that supported economic self-sufficiency, racial pride, and separation from whites

a)

Black Nationalism

b)

Black Power

c)

De Jure Segregation

d)

De Facto Segregation

26.

A political slogan that encouraged the rights and political power of African Americans

a)

Black Nationalism

b)

Black Power

c)

De Jure Segregation

d)

De Facto Segregation

27.

Racial segregation created by law

a)

De Juno Segregation

b)

De Facet Segregation

c)

De Jure Segregation

d)

De Facto Segregation

28.

Racial segregation created by social conditions such as poverty

a)

De Juno Segregation

b)

De Facet Segregation

c)

De Jure Segregation

d)

De Facto Segregation

29.

A militant political organization that fought for African American rights

a)

The Black Jaguars

b)

Black Power

c)

CORE

d)

The Black Panthers

30.

He was a Civil Rights activist in Mississippi who was assassinated in 1963.

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Medgar Evers

d)

Bobby Seale

31.

Which of the following people were assassinated during the Civil Rights movement period?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Robert F. Kennedy

e)

All of these

32.

Which of the following BEST describes how Malcolm X was killed?

a)

He was shot by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald during a parade.

b)

He was killed by three men from the Nation of Islam.

c)

He was murdered while standing on a balcony.

d)

He was shot after winning the Democratic primary in California.

33.

Who killed Martin Luther King Jr.?

a)

James Earl Ray

b)

Lee Harvey Oswald

c)

Sirhan Sirhan

d)

Byron De La Beckwith

34.

Who was a leader of the Black Panthers and of the Black Power movement?

a)

Bobby Seale

b)

Stokely Carmichael

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Huey Newton

35.

During the election of 1960, newspapers became the communications method of choice for election information.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Kennedy was a young candidate and became the first Catholic president.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

A public endorsement of a politicians programs or proposals

a)

endorsement

b)

approval rating

c)

mandate

d)

apportionment

38.

A name used to describe Kennedy's proposals to improve the economy, assist the poor, and speed up the space program

a)

The Great Society

b)

The Fair Deal

c)

The Third New Deal

d)

The New Frontier

39.

Who was president during the passage of the 24th Amendment?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

None of these

40.

What was the first nuclear weapons agreement in history called that banned nuclear testing above ground?

a)

SALT I

b)

The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

c)

START I

d)

The Nuclear Weapons Testing Treaty

41.

Kennedy set the goal for the U.S. to be the first country to put a man in space.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Who was the first American to complete three orbits around the Earth?

a)

Alan Shepherd

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

John Glenn

d)

Yuri Gagarin

43.

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

a)

Alan Shepherd

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

John Glenn

d)

Yuri Gagarin

44.

Who was the Cuban dictator who came to power in 1959 and established a communist government?

a)

Raul Castro

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Enrique Pilar

45.

What was the name of the failed operation to overthrow Castro that ended in shame for the U.S.?

a)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

The Bay of Pigs

c)

The Berlin Crisis

d)

The Cuban Hostage Crisis

46.

What did Khrushchev build to stop the flow of people moving from Berlin to West Germany?

a)

The Berlin Airlift

b)

The Berlin Barrier

c)

The Berlin Blockade

d)

The Berlin Wall

47.

What was the terrifying standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union which brought the world closer to nuclear war than ever before?

a)

The Berlin Crisis

b)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

d)

The Vietnam War

48.

The Soviets installed missiles in Cuba in response to the U.S. installing them in Turkey.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Which of the following choices did Kennedy consider for how to deal with the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Have further peace talks

b)

Invade Cuba

c)

Blockade around Cuba

d)

Bomb the missile sites

50.

Kennedy decided on a blockade, but called it a "quarantine" to imply the U.S. was not seeking a confrontation.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

Which of the following is NOT true about the end of and after effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

The Soviets would remove the missiles if the U.S. would remove the ones in Turkey and stop the blockade.

b)

Khrushchev and Kennedy quit speaking to each other.

c)

The two countries signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

d)

The two countries continued making conventional bombs.

52.

A vast cooperative effort to satisfy the basic needs of people in North, Central, and South America for homes, work, land, health, and schools

a)

The World Health Organization

b)

The United Nations

c)

The Peace Corps

d)

The Alliance for Progress

53.

What organization sends volunteers abroad as educators, health care workers, and technicians to help developing nations around the world?

a)

The World Health Organization

b)

The United Nations

c)

The Peace Corps

d)

The Alliance for Progress

54.

On what date was John F. Kennedy assassinated?

a)

July 20, 1969

b)

November 22, 1963

c)

February 20, 1962

d)

April 4, 1968

55.

Who was the prime suspect in the Kennedy assassination?

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

Jack Ruby

c)

James Earl Ray

d)

Byron De La Beckwith

56.

Who was the Dallas nightclub owner who shot Oswald?

a)

Jack Ruby

b)

James Earl Ray

c)

Byron De La Beckwith

d)

Ernest Jones

57.

According to the Constitution, after an assassination, a person officially becomes president once that person is officially sworn in to office.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

What was the group called that President Johnson commissioned to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?

a)

The Johnson Commission

b)

The President's Assassination Committee

c)

The Warren Commission

d)

The Warren Committee

59.

The Warren Commission concluded that the JFK assassination was a conspiracy and was more than likely planned by a foreign government.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

Lyndon B. Johnson was a very likable person who enjoyed his role as vice president.

a)

True

b)

False

61.

What was the name for Johnson's goals for the U.S. that focused on poverty relief, education aid, healthcare, voting rights, conservation and beautification programs, urban renewal, and economic development in depressed areas?

a)

The New Frontier

b)

The Second New Deal

c)

The Great Society

d)

The Fair Deal

62.

This program was part of the Great Society and sought to help the nation's poor through creating programs dedicated to stopping poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment.

a)

HeadStart

b)

VISTA

c)

Poverty Program

d)

The War on Poverty

63.

This program was a part of Social Security and provided low-cost health insurance for the poor.

a)

Medicaid

b)

Welfare Healthcare

c)

Medicare

d)

Medishare

64.

During the Johnson years, this rule was established by the Supreme Court that requires law enforcement agencies to warn a suspect of his or her rights before being questioned.

a)

The Arizona Rule

b)

The Manhattan Rule

c)

The Miranda Rule

d)

The Arrest Rights Rule

65.

Which of the following were effects of the Great Society?

a)

It cut poverty in half in the U.S.

b)

Many Americans felt it made the poor too dependent on the government.

c)

It decreased the number of Americans getting government-funded health insurance.

d)

Spending on Vietnam greatly took away from the Great Society's programs.

66.

Johnson believed in containing communism and deeply involved the U.S. in the conflict in Vietnam.

a)

True

b)

False