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Unit 10-Texas Civil Rights Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
2.

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

a)

Sit-In

b)

Freedom Rides

c)

Selma March

d)

Filibuster

3.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
a)
Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people
b)
Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal
4.

Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965? From Stonewall, TX

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

John F. Kennedy

5.
Person who was killed on April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony outside his hotel room at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee after trying to help black sanitation workers receive better working conditions    
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Robert Kennedy
6.

Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

a)

Charlayne Hunter

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Rebecca L. Felton

7.
_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 
a)
Harry Belafonte
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
d)
Jesse Jackson
8.

Keeping things or people Separate

a)

prejudice

b)

union

c)

confederate

d)

segregation

9.

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

10.

What are Civil Rights?

a)

Rights that only some citizens get

b)

Rights that all citizens get

c)

Rights that are civil

d)

Rights that are controlled by the president

11.

What was integration in 1971 at T. C. Williams High School? Why was it such a problem?

a)

History class was changed to Social Studies

b)

Because students were upset that the school changed the mascot to Titans

c)

The football team had a losing season last year

d)

White and African-American students went to same school

12.

T.C. Williams High School was this until 1971, The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Segregation

d)

Desegregation

13.

In 1971, T.C. Williams High School wanted to integrate it's school system.

What does the term integrate mean?

a)

To punish

b)

To disobey

c)

To combine

d)

To release

14.

What did Brown vs. Board of Education court case end to help integrate public schools like T.C. Williams High School?

a)

Segregation in private schools

b)

Segregation in America

c)

Segregation in public places

d)

Segregation in public schools

15.
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
a)
let African Americans ride the bus.
b)
deny someone of a job because of their race.
c)
fire someone for not doing their job.
d)
kick someone out of the military.
16.

In 1964, Martin received the _____________ for peace.

a)

Nobel Prize

b)

Oscar Award

17.

A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?

a)

march

b)

boycott

c)

sit in

d)

activist

18.

Which Supreme Court case integrated public schools?

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Brown v Board of Education

c)

Schenk v US

d)

Korematsu v US

19.

People who traveled in buses through the South to draw attention to segregation of bus station facilities.

a)

Black Power

b)

Freedom Riders

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

NAACP

20.

First African American to play major league baseball

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Kenny Washington

c)

Hattie McDaniel

d)

Guy Bluford