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WorksheetsCivil Rights Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The basis of SNCC was made up primarily of ________
Students
Farmers
Women
Politicians
"Black Power" meant that African Americans needed to ________
Start a race war
Determine their own destiny
Intigrate into a white society
Join the US military
Cesar Chavez founded the ________
United Farm Workers
SNCC
Black Panthers
United Freedom Fighters
According to Cesar Chavez, one business owner has more political power than a thousand laborers because __________
The owner can persuade his workers to vote for him
The owner is trusted more by the locals
The owner has more econimic power than the laborers
The laborers do not know how to vote
Which of the following struggles does the Native American community face?
Lower average life expectancy
Lower average income
Higher suicide rate in teens
All of the above
Ultimately, the Native Americans' main goal is to ________
Have self-determination and make decisions for their own people
Make more money than white people
Remove all other peoples from North America
Leave the US and start a new nation
NOW fought for
Equality between races
Voting rights for the Hispanic community
Freedom of Native Americans
Equality of sexes
NOW (National Organization for Women) wanted marriage to be a relationship in which _________
Men made the money and women took care of the home
Women made the money and men took care of the home
Women determined which role each sex would play
Men and women equally shared responsibilities in life
Which of the following was a major concern of the Black Panthers?
Police brutality and murder of black people
Child abuse
Exemption from the work force
Quicker integration of blacks into a dominantly white society
When a black individual was brought to trial, the Black Panthers wanted __________
The individual to immediately be freed
The individual to violently fight the court
The individual to be judged by an all black jury
The individual to be given special privileges
Why does Malcolm X tell his followers to buy guns?
So they can go out and attack white people
Because the government won't protect them
To take control of the economy
None of the above
In Malcolm X's black nationalist speech, which of the following did he stress that blacks needed to control?
Their clothes
Their economy
Their weapons
Their police
Harvey Milk was a national leader for which community?
The Native American community
The black community
The women's community
The gay community
Harvey Milk felt that to dispel myths about the gay community, these people needed to __________
Publish books with ghost writers
Come out and be active in public communites
Persuade politicians with donations
Instigate confrontations with homophobic communities
Hundreds of white civil rights advocates participated in which of the following?
The Birmingham Children's Crusade
The March Against Fear
Freedom Summer
The Watts Riots
Which 2 States had the most Jim Crow Laws in the South
Arkansas and Alabama
Georgia and Alabama
Louisiana and California
Virginia and South Carolina
Which State first gave women the right to vote in 1890?
California
Texas
Colorado
Wyoming
The 14th Amendment provides
equal protection of the law and due process of law
forces the states to follow the Bill of Rights
States that a person who is born in the US is a citizen and has rights
All of the above
Who is known as the Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement?
Betsy Ross
Abbigayle Adams
Loretta Scott King
Rosa Parks
Groups that were left OUT of the Constitution included______________________________>
Women
Slaves
Native Americans
All of the Above
