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Civil Rights Pop Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Thurgood Marshall was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement because: 
a)
b. He was the first African American to be appointed Supreme Court Justice
b)
a.  He was the lawyer of Linda Brown during Brown vs. Board of Education case
c)
He spoke during the march on Washington
d)
a.  Both A and B
2.
 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
March from  Selma to Montgomery
3.
How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?
a)
It gave free transportation to African Americans
b)
It segregated buses in America
c)
 It made Rosa Parks lots of money
d)
It helped de-segregate buses in America
4.

14.Which of these describes the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

Bans employer discrimination and public segregation

b)

Bans voter intimidation and literacy tests

c)

Bans poll taxes

d)

Students can join any school activity regardless of gender

5.

What was the significance of sending federal troops to protect African American students in Little Rock in 1957?

a)

It led to a federal takeover of many Southern public schools.

b)

It strengthened control of education by state governments

c)

It was the first time martial law was declared in the US

d)

It showed the government would enforce Brown v. Board of education

6.

Which view was shared by Governor Orval Faubus, Lester Maddox, and George Wallace in the 1950s and 1960s?

a)

Separate but equal has no place in education

b)

African Americans should have equal rights.

c)

People of different races should not mix in public places, like schools.

d)

The federal government should intervene to end racial discrimination

7.

The movements led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Cesar Chavez were similar in that both -

a)

supported attempts to overthrow the government

b)

Used nonviolent civil disobedience to bring about social change

c)

Boycotted agricultural crops

d)

Were elected to national political office

8.

What was a major goal of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?

a)

to gain citizenship and representation in Congress

b)

to relocated American Indian to urban areas

c)

to obtain greater understanding of the American-Indian point of view

d)

to end segregation American Indians in public places

9.

How did the methods advocated by the Black Panthers to achieve their goals differ from thsoe of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

a)

They formed a third political party

b)

They were passionately anti-Communist

c)

They restricted their actions to the use of passive resistance

d)

They considered the use of violence to protect their own communities

10.

Which Supreme Court case ended the segregation of public schools in the United States in 1954?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Hernandez v. Texas

d)

Edgewood v. Kirby