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Civil Rights JDH

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which quote demonstrates an individual's right to freedom in relation to others?
a)
I don't even call it violence when it's self defense; I call it intelligence.
b)
The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.
c)
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
d)
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
2.
An individual has the right to freedom until
a)
they use their rights to promote patriotism
b)
their freedom effects someone else
c)
they gain too much power
d)
the government intervenes
3.
Which of the following best describes the 2nd Amendment?
a)
Law-abiding citizens have right to a gun for self-defense.
b)
Individuals are entitled to guns and can do whatever they want with them.
c)
Guns are for collectibles and antiques.
d)
Citizens are entitled to guns for hunting and competitive purposes only.
4.
A group of people holding picket signs and protesting are exercising their right to:
a)
Civil Disobedience
b)
Assembly and Free Speech
c)
Sedition
d)
Freedom of Religion
5.
The 5th Amendment offers protection from what?
a)
Free Speech
b)
Unreasonable Search and Seizure
c)
Clear and Present Danger
d)
Self-Incrimination
6.
Police must read criminal suspects their rights is the outcome of which Supreme Court case?
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Schneck v. United States
c)
Hernandez v. Texas
d)
Mapp v. Ohio
7.

As a result of States violating citizens rights, which amendment and clause did the US Government pass?

a)

1st / Establishment Clause

b)

1st / Clear & Present Danger Clause

c)

6th / Necessary & Proper Clause

d)

14th / Due Process Clause

8.
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.
9.
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.
10.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
11.
Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.
a)
Sit-In
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Selma March
d)
Filibuster
12.
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
13.
Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
John F. Kennedy
14.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
15.
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
16.
Martin Luther King Day is celebrated on the 3rd Monday in _______________.
a)
December
b)
January
c)
February
d)
March
17.
Keeping things or people SEparate
a)
prejudice
b)
union
c)
confederate
d)
segregation
18.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
19.

Who was the leading lawyer for the NAACP during the 1950's and 60's

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

James Farmer

d)

Huey Newton

20.

Head of the Southern Leadership Conference for the whole country

a)

Elija Mahommad

b)

James Farmer

c)

Huey Newton

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

21.

Who was shot and killed in1968 after giving a speech to Union sanitation workers in Tennessee

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Malcom X

d)

Robert Kennedy

22.

They were one of the main leaders of which Civil Rights Organization Congress for Racial Equality

a)

James Farmer

b)

Stokely Carmichael

c)

Bobby Seals

d)

Hughy Newton

23.

What was the name of the organization that Huey Newton organized to engage in race riots in California?

a)

Black Panthers

b)

CORE

c)

SNCC

d)

SCLC

e)

NAACP

24.

Students of Non-violent Coordinating Committee's primary leader was?

a)

Martin Luthur King Jr.

b)

Stokely Carmichael

c)

James Farmer

d)

Bobby Seals

25.

They started the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to sit in the back of the bus?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Betty Freiden

c)

Martin Luthg King Jr.

d)

Reverend Bevel

26.

An ex-Air Force veteran was not permitted to enter Ole Mississippi University in September 1962 on the basis of color. With the help of the NAACP he was permitted to enter. On the day of his first class several politicians and the local police refused to let him in. President John Kennedy sent in the National Guard to assure entrance for the African American.

a)

James Meredith

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

James Farmer

d)

Huey Newton

27.

Who was the Governor of Alabama that refused to dictate to local authorities how to respond to activist of Civil Rights

a)

Orval Farbus

b)

George Wallace

c)

Ross Barnett

d)

Robert Kennedy

28.

Who was the Governor of Mississippi that allowed white supremacist to attack Freedom Riders when the busses pulled into the bus depots?

a)

Ross Barnett

b)

Orval Farbus

c)

George Wallace

d)

Eugene Connor

29.

Governor of Arkansas that refused to allow Black Students enroll in a public high school in his state.

a)

Orval Farbus

b)

Ross Barnett

c)

Huey Newton

d)

George Wallace

30.

Elijah Muhammad was the leader of the Nation of Islam during the 1960's. He had one of its spokesmen killed because they were becoming too popular.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Malcom X

c)

Booby Seals

d)

James Farmer

31.

He was the Commissioner of Public Safety for Birmingham, Alabama during the Children's March

a)

Eugene Connor

b)

George Wallace

c)

Ross Barnett

d)

James Meredith

32.

What was NOT a tactic police used to deter Marchers?

a)

Sprayed them with fire hoses

b)

Arrested them by the 1000's

c)

Held some in Jail for two weeks

d)

Used clubs and tear gas

33.

What were the Children arrested for in the Children's March?

a)

Obstruction of Justice

b)

Public Nuisance

c)

Parading without a Permit

d)

Violation of Civil Rights

34.

What was the nick name given to the students that attempted to desegregate a public high school in Arkansas

a)

Little Rock 9

b)

Avengers

c)

Freedom Riders

d)

Sit ins

35.

Which law freed all people from servitude

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

36.

Which law was created to give all citizens of the United Sates the right to vote.

a)

14th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

Voters Right Act Of 1965

d)

Civil Right Act of 1957

37.

Which event did NOT happen in 1963

a)

Children's March

b)

March on Washington

c)

President Kennedy was Assassinated

d)

The Civil Right Act of 1964 was passed

38.

Who was the President of the United States that signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

39.

What were whites reaction to the end of segregation after the Children's March?

a)

Rioted in Birmingham

b)

Refused to let blacks vote

c)

Blew up the 16th Street Baptist Church

d)

Increased terror in the region

40.

1961 after the federal government expanded its ban on public facilities, restaurants, and public bathrooms, a group of mixed races would board the busses in the north and ride them into the deep south testing whether the south would obey the ruling. This type of protest is known as

a)

Sit Ins

b)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

Freedom Rides

d)

Children's March

41.

When Rosa Parks was arrested because she refused to sit in the back of the bus, what major Civil Rights event began shortly after?

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

March on Washington

c)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

Children's March

42.

When segregation is a result of social conditions such as poverty, it is better know as?

a)

De facto Segregation

b)

De jure Segregation

c)

Racism

d)

Segregation

43.

To separate a person from the majority of the group inherently makes a person feel inferior is bought out in the passing of

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

b)

Voters Right Act of 1965

c)

Plessy vs Ferguson

d)

Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

44.

Law that removed Poll taxes and Literacy test

a)

15th Amendment

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

Voters Right Act of 1965

d)

Civil Right Act of 1957

45.

Which Law said individuals could be federally prosecuted for not allowing someone the opportunity to vote.

a)

Voters Right Act 1965

b)

Civil Rights Act 1957

c)

Civil Rights Act 1964

d)

Brown vs the Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

46.

What really caused whites in the North to support the Civil Rights Movement

a)

Death of the 5 little girls in the church bombing

b)

The violence seen on Television

c)

Support of the President of the United States

d)

The death of the three college students in Mississippi

47.

Which law passed created a situation that said as long as it was equal, segregation was a good thing.

a)

Plessy vs Ferguson

b)

Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1952

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1961

48.

What law made all natural born people of the United States, U.S citizens?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

18th amendment

49.

Which Law ended segregation in public places

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

b)

Civil Rights Act 1964

c)

Voters Right Act 1965

d)

Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

50.

What was an example of a state Law that increased Segregation and laws to a specific group

a)

More than 25 African Americans could not meet at a time.

b)

Whites were permitted to where hooded outfits

c)

Blacks the right to vote while poll stations were open.

d)

Blacks could be hired to work if they were qualified to do the job.

51.

Constitutional Laws includes only?

a)

All the Amendments

b)

All Federal Laws

c)

All Federal and State Laws

d)

Any law created by the President of the United States

52.

According to Martin Luther King Jr., which two were reasons why the Children's March had to happen in Birmingham?

a)

Because of Freedom Riders being beaten after busses entered southern cities

b)

Because of 60 Unsolved bombings in

c)

It was the most racist city in America

d)

Because of the murder of three college students to help people vote.

53.

Why did Martin Luther King decided to let the Children March?

a)

Adults were at work

b)

There were more Children.

c)

He knew if whites saw kids being beat their would have been more support.

d)

Many adult blacks were in jeopardy of losing their houses and Jobs

54.

What does the 15th Amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1957 and Voters Right Act of 1965 all have in common?

a)

They are a part of our Constitution

b)

They are all Laws that support segregation

c)

They all have to deal with Voters Rights

d)

They only affect public places.

55.

Which was a law that allowed whites to increase segregation in the south?

a)

Black Codes

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

!3th Amendment

d)

Plessy vs Ferguson

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