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Civil Right Movement Assessment

Total questions: 96

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Appealing to many African Americans' anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power, _____________________ predicted a militant approach to civil rights.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Medgar Evans

d)

Fannie Lou Hamner

2.
Group working for Civil Rights that promoted "Black Power"
a)
NAACP
b)
SNCC
c)
Black Panthers
d)
Southern Democrats
3.
The members of the Nation of Islam were known by which of the following terms?
a)
Christians
b)
Muslims
c)
Jews
d)
Hindus
4.

What did Malcolm X believe was the answer to problems between blacks and whites?

a)

education

b)

imperialism

c)

nationalism

d)

separatism

5.

Who founded the Black Panther Party ?

a)

Huey Newton

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

d)

Bobby Seale

6.

As early as the 1940's, A. Philip Randolph, an African American labor activist, called for a march on Washington to outlaw racial discrimination in federal employment. Which President did Mr. Randolph pressure?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

7.

The author Richard Wright had also published a book called Black Power in 1954 the purpose of this book was to examine:

a)

the significance of ties between Africans and Eastern Europeans and the centrality of decolonization in black power ideology.

b)

the significance of ties between Africans and African Americans and the centrality of decolonization in black power ideology.

c)

the significance of ties between Northern Europeans and Germans decolonization in black power ideology.

d)

the significance of ties between religious factions in America and how this contributed to the decolonization in black power ideology.

8.

Due to the Panthers’ militant rhetoric and armed self-defense, the state of _____________________ imposed strictures on open-carry gun laws, and the FBI employed its counter-intelligence program (COINTELPRO) to combat what it perceived as the Black Panther Party’s subversive threat to American democracy.

a)

California

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Texas

d)

Oregon

9.

According to The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense they created a Ten-Point Platform and Program choose which items below are included in the Ten-Points Program:

a)

We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society.We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace.

b)

We want all Black men to be exempt from military service.

c)

We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society.

d)

We want freedom for all Black men held in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails.

10.

On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X :

a)

received the honorary community award.

b)

opened the second chapter for The Black Panthers.

c)

was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam.

d)

arrested and charged for conspiracy against the American Government.

11.

According to the Introduction of the Civil Rights Movement is the statement below correct ?


African Americans continue to be incarcerated at a rate greatly disproportionate to their percentage of the population.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

According to the Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement is the following statement below true or false?


Black men are the most frequent victims of police brutality,while poverty rates among black children and families are lower than among either whites or Latinos.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Choose the correct answers below as discussed in the Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement

a)

Changes in the 20-21st century have eliminated systemic inequalities in institutions like public education.

b)

Stereotypical portrayals of African Americans remain prevalent in popular culture.

c)

As successful as the Civil Rights Movement was, there still remains unfinished business in the struggle for full equality.

d)

Many black Americans suffer from poor access to social services

14.

Based on the picture, what conclusion can be drawn about the court decision in Brown V. Board of Education?

a)

The Supreme Court ensured that schools would remain segregated for another decade.

b)

The Supreme Court broke the tradition of segregation and pushed for integration.

c)

The Supreme Court sealed the deal by making black schools equal to white schools.

d)

The Supreme Court denied that black schools were not the same as white schools.

15.

What was one way that Georgia protested having to integrate its public schools?

a)

Georgia fired the Board of Education.

b)

Georgia Legislators voted to change the state flag to include the Confederate battle emblem.

c)

Georgia Legislators closed public schools until the courts ordered them re-opened.

d)

Georgia did nothing to protest and schools were integrated without incident.

16.

What organization was formed in reaction to the arrest of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Their purpose was to coordinate protest activities across the South. The first President of this organization

was Martin Luther King Jr.

a)

CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

b)

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

c)

SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

d)

SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)

17.

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), headquartered in Atlanta,

a)

Was organized by activists posing as students.

b)

Was actually a militant group

c)

Focused its activities entirely on school integration

d)

Was a group of students who helped organize protests, boycotts, and voter registration.

18.

The act that prohibited racial discrimination in employment and labor unions and in public facilities was the

a)

national Labor Unions Act of 1955

b)

Equal Employment Opportunity Act

c)

Fair Housing Act of 1954

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

19.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked very hard to do away with racial segregation in the 1950s and 1960s. What was Dr. King’s strategy for promoting social change?

a)

Dr. King believed that if African Americans received a good education they would be accepted as equals.

b)

Dr. King encouraged people to protest segregation by staging attacks on public buildings using violence.

c)

Dr. King developed a nonviolent approach based on the writings of Henry David Thoreau and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.

d)

Dr. King believed that every person had equal rights and should gain quality by any means possible.

20.

In August 1963, civil rights leaders organized a massive rally in the nation's capital to urge passage of President Kennedy's civil rights bill. The high point came when MLK Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to more than 200,000 marchers in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

a)

Albany Movement

b)

March on Washington

c)

Sibley Commission

21.

This picture represents the kind of 20th century discrimination that was to be eliminated by

a)

"Jim Crow Laws"

b)

The 13th Amendment

c)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

The 15th Amendment

22.

What became known as “Bloody Sunday”?

a)

The day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at a hotel in

Memphis, Tennessee.

b)

The day MLK gave his “Dream” speech to end the March on Washington.

c)

The day Medgar Evers was assassinated by a white supremacist

and Klansman in Mississippi.

d)

The day John Lewis led marchers in Selma who were beaten by Alabama State Troopers as they reached the end of the Pettus Bridge.

23.

Segregation was upheld (made legal) in the "separate but equal" court case known as...

a)

Bethel v Fraser

b)

Engel v Vitale

c)

Plessy v Ferguson

d)

Mapp v Ohio

24.

What is one thing the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) wanted?

a)

they wanted to end segregation in schools

b)

they wanted to have nicer jobs

c)

they wanted schools to stay segregated

25.

What was the effect of the Brown v Board of Education court case?

a)

states have the right to choose if they want to segregate schools

b)

schools had to provide books of equal quality to blacks and whites

c)

African Americans were given the right to vote

d)

segregation became illegal and schools became integrated

26.

Who is famous for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man?

a)

Hillary Clinton

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Minnie Mouse

d)

Mrs. Pac-Man

27.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycotts
  • Freedom Rides
  • Sit-Ins
  • March on Washington


All of the above could be listed under which heading:

a)

Actions Taken for Civil Rights

b)

Amusement Park Rides

c)

Supreme Court Cases

d)

Events of the American Revolution

28.

The purpose of Freedom Summer was to

a)

register black people to vote

b)

march on Washington

c)

desegregate schools

29.

What strategy did Martin Luther King, Jr. use to fight for black civil rights?

a)

violent revolution

b)

education

c)

non-violent protest

d)

running for political office

30.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • 24th Amendment
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965


The 3 laws listed above are all considered to be...

a)

Failures

b)

Civil Rights Gains / Successes

c)

ancient history

d)

Progressive Era Reforms

31.

In addition to African Americans, what other groups were fighting for equal rights and/or self-determination in the 1960s and 1970s?

a)

Chicano/Mexican Americans

b)

Native Americans

c)

Asian Americans

d)

LGBTQ

e)

all of the above

32.

Who took steps to petition the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to investigate charges that the United States was violating not just the civil rights, but also the human rights, of African Americans?

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Malcolm X

33.

Which of the following is TRUE of Rosa Parks, the woman who helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 after being arrested for defying the city’s bus segregation laws?

a)

She refused to give up her seat to a white man because she was tired.

b)

Her refusal to give up her seat on December 1, 1955 was her first act of resistance against segregated buses.

c)

As Secretary of the local NAACP chapter and leader of its Youth Group, she had an important history of activism before her action that began the bus boycott.

d)

At the time of this incident, she was an elderly seamstress who had never been politically active.

34.

After Rosa Parks was arrested, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was first set in motion when:

a)

The Women’s Political Council, under the leadership of Jo Ann Robinson, distributed 35,000 leaflets urging 42,000 black residents of Montgomery to boycott public transportation.

b)

Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech to Montgomery’s largest black congregation, urging that the buses be boycotted until the bus company agreed to integrate them.

c)

Civil rights lawyers from the Justice Department came to Montgomery and convinced prominent African American ministers to initiate the boycott.

d)

Leaders of Montgomery’s black business community urged their employees not to ride the buses.

35.

What was the name of the movement that Rosa Parks participated in call?

a)

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Sit-ins

c)

Segregation

d)

March on Washington

36.

What was the name of the famous speech that King gave a part of the walk on Washington?

a)

"Gettysburg Address"

b)

"I Have a Dream"

c)

"Duties of American Citizenship"

d)

"Their Finest Hour"

37.

What was the name of a set of laws that denied African-Americans certain rights like voting?

a)

Segregation

b)

Miranda Rights

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

3/5 compromise

38.

Which President pass the and signed into law the Civil Rights act?

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Barack Obama

c)

John F Kennedy

d)

Lyndon B Johnson

39.

When did the Civil Rights Law get signed?

a)

1964

b)

1492

c)

1981

d)

1977

40.

Which president sent the 101st airborne to Little Rock, Arkansas to protect nine all black students that were attending an all-white School?

a)

Dwight D Eisenhower

b)

John F Kennedy

c)

Lyndon B Johnson

d)

Richard Nixon

41.

What was the name of the organization that King created that held sit-ins at lunch counters?

a)

Student nonviolent coordinating committee (SNCC)

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

d)

UNCF

42.

When was the Voting Rights Act signed into Law?

a)

1965

b)

1980

c)

1764

d)

1920

43.

What was the name of the organization that college students were trained to do certain nonviolent protest?

a)

SNCC

b)

UNCF

c)

UNICEF

d)

SCLC

44.

What is the name of one of the organizations that King helped get started?

a)

Southern Christian Leadership conference (SCLC)

b)

Rainbow Coalition

c)

United Nergo College Fund

d)

Black Panthers

45.

Which two states had the most violence in them during the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Mississippi and Alabama

b)

Kansas and Oklahoma

c)

Colorado and Kansas

d)

North Dakota and South Dakota

46.

Which state was the last state to integrate blacks?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Kansas

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Colorado

47.

Segregation in schools was declared unconstitutional because of...

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

the Children's March

d)

the March on Washington

48.

During the _____________, civil rights groups worked to expand black voting in the South by registering black voters in Mississippi.

a)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Children's March

c)

Freedom Summer

d)

March on Washington

49.

A ___________________ required a person to prove they could read before they could register to vote.

a)

literacy test

b)

sit-in

c)

economic boycott

d)

poll tax

50.

Based on the idea of "separate but equal," segregation was declared legal by

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

the Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

the March on Washington

51.
 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
52.

This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

c)

Civil Rights Movement

d)

24th Amendment

53.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest
b)
Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes
c)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person
d)
Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting
54.

The goal of a ________________ is to encourage a business to change by having people refuse to buy their products.

a)

literacy test

b)

poll tax

c)

economic boycott

d)

sit-in

55.
What civil rights action was the Little Rock Nine involved with?
a)
School integration
b)
Freedom Rides
c)
Freedom Summer
d)
Sit-Ins
56.
He was a 14-year-old boy murdered in Mississippi in 1955.
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
James Earl Ray
c)
W.E.B. Du Bois
d)
Emmett Till
57.
In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat?
a)
Birmingham
b)
Selma
c)
Montgomery
d)
Nashville
58.
The Black Panthers are most associated with which of the following?
a)
Civil Disobedience
b)
Black Power
c)
Sit-Ins
d)
NAACP
59.
a)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
March on Washington
c)
Freedom Rides
d)
Freedom Summer
60.

What was the primary purpose of the 14th Amendment?

a)

To grant the right to vote to women

b)

To protect the rights of American Indians in the West

c)

To establish federal reservations for American Indians

d)

To limit the ability of state governments to restrict individual rights

61.

The excerpt below is from the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).

If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one cannot be inferior to the other civility of politically. If one race be inferior to the other socially, the constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane.

What was the impact of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision in this excerpt?

a)

Racial segregation in the South would be tolerated for another half century

b)

Southern state governments were forced to end their practice of racial integration

c)

State governments had to ensure the economic and social equality of all individuals

d)

State governments would no longer provide separate facilities to members of different races

62.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
63.

Who was Emmett Till?

a)

He was an African American teen

b)

He was a white man

c)

He was a African American man

d)

He was mexican

64.

What happened 100 days after Emmett Till died?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr. recognized him.

b)

Rosa Parks did not give up her seat for a white man and was arrested.

c)

Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous ¨I have a Dream¨ speech

65.

What was Emmett Tills mothers name?

a)

Mamie Till

b)

Luize Till

c)

Carol Till

d)

Mary Till

66.

In which Southern state was Emmett Till murdered?

a)

Arkansas

b)

Florida

c)

Tennessee

d)

Mississippi

67.

What decision did Emmett's mother make that impacted the Civil Rights movement?

a)

Spoke out on the news

b)

Testified in court

c)

Had an open casket funeral

d)

Marched in Mississippi

68.

What happened to the two men that brutally killed Emmett Till?

a)

They received the death penalty

b)

Nothing, they were acquitted

c)

Life in jail, no parole

d)

They were murdered

69.
The belief that the white race is superior to all other races, especially black. 
a)
white supremacy 
b)
Emmett Till 
c)
ignorance 
d)
protest 
70.
To abstain from buying or using products or services as a means to force change. 
a)
boycott 
b)
ignorance 
c)
hate crimes 
d)
segregation
71.
Why did Mamie Till have an open casket?
a)
She wanted to show the people what the men had done to her boy. They beat him to the point where he was unrecognizable. 
b)
She wanted publicity for her boy 
c)
She wanted attention while mourning for her boy 
d)
She did not want an open casket she was forced to have an open casket
72.
Which of the following is not true about the South in 1955? 
a)
African Americans couldn't attend white schools.
b)
African Americans lived on the same streets as whites. 
c)
Southern "custom" prevented African Americans from voting. 
d)
African American men were expected to lower their eyes to white women. 
73.

Why did the jury acquit Milam and Bryant of the murder of Emmett Till?

a)

The jury ruled that Emmett deserved to die.

b)

Mose Wright identified Milam and Bryant.

c)

The body was not actually Emmitts

d)

The all white jury sided with Bryant and Milam.

74.

What was the purpose of the March on Washington?

a)

to promote equality in jobs & employment

b)

to push for an end to segregation

c)

to outlaw racial discrimination

d)

ALL answer choices

75.

There was a growth in political engagement by minorities with the passage of legislation to end-

a)

Literacy tests, voter intimidation, and gerrymandering

b)

Poll taxes, sit-ins, and freedom rides

c)

Labor unions, marches, and protests

d)

Literacy tests, integration, and desegregation

76.

Founder and leader of the Black Panther Party

a)

MLK

b)

Huey P. Newton

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Malcom X

77.

These are examples of how African American soliders were treated when they returned home from war.

a)

jim crow laws were enforcorced

b)

segregation

c)

harsh social treatmeat and unfair business practices

d)

All the above

78.

____________ in general did not enjoy the prosperity many felt during the post war years.

a)

African Americans

b)

Americans

c)

investors

d)

Ku Klux Klan

79.

When Black veterans returned home _________ started again in the south

a)

race riots

b)

jingles

c)

regime

d)

free trade

80.

Who set up Black Power?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Bobby Seale

c)

Tommie Smith

d)

Stokely Carmichael

81.

When were the Black Panthers set up?

a)

1964

b)

1965

c)

1966

d)

1967

82.

Were the Black Panthers willing to work with white people?

a)

Yes

b)

No

83.

What did the Black Panthers NOT do?

a)

Organise free breakfast clubs

b)

Organise free medical clinics

c)

Patrol the streets

d)

Organise sit-ins

84.

The Black Panthers wrote ...

a)

An Eight Point Programme

b)

A Nine Point Programme

c)

A Ten Point Programme

d)

A Twelve Point Programme

85.

Why did Oliver Brown sue the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in 1950?

a)

He wanted his daughter to be able to attend the local school (which was all white), rather than forcing her to travel a long distance to an all black school.

b)

He didn't want his daughter to have to attend the all-black school a few blocks from his house.

86.

Who was the lead lawyer in the Brown v. Board of Education case?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

Thurgood Marshall

87.

What was the name of the organization that included many lawyers and others familiar with the law?

a)

C.O.R.E.

b)

N.A.A.C.P.

c)

Brown vs. Board of Education

d)

U.S. Supreme Court

88.

Thurgood Marshall did NOT make this argument:

a)

Segregation hurts has a negative psychological impact on American children

b)

Segregation made us look like a backwards country (like Nazi Germany)

c)

Segregation prevented violence between the races

d)

Segregation hurt children's ability to get a good education AND, as a result, American society as a whole

89.

The Supreme Court said: "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ________________________has no place.

a)

"separate but equal"

b)

segregation

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

de facto

90.

In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled the schools needed to integrate (allow for mixed races) "with all deliberate speed."


What happened?

a)

Schools throughout the country immediately followed the decision of the Supreme Court.

b)

American schools were integrated by the end of the year

c)

Very little happened. In most places, it took years for the U.S. government to enforce integration

91.

Essentially how many African Americans served in the military?

a)

Between 225,000 - 270,000 thousand

b)

Less than a million

c)

More than a million

d)

All total 479,023 thousand

92.

The "Double V" campaign by the Pittsburgh Courier

helped create:

a)

victory over fascism

b)

medical advancements

c)

Pittsburgh first transit system

d)

a pathway to equal citizenship

93.

Mississippian Medgar Evers, was responsible for what ?

a)

purchasing an automobile in Mississippi

b)

integration within University of Mississippi law school

c)

convincing black veterans to go to the courthouse and try to register to vote in 1946.

d)

Poll taxes reduction in 1945

94.

Troops remained in Little Rock for the 1957-1958 school year. After the troops were withdrawn, however, Governor Faubus closed Little Rock’s public schools for the 1958-1959 school year.

a)

True

b)

False

95.

Massive Resistance” persisted: by 1964 fewer than _____ percent of black students in the South attended school with white students.

a)

18

b)

2

c)

36

d)

7

96.

What does CORE stand for?

a)

Campaign for Outsiders and Racial Empowerment

b)

California Obstacles and Radical Education

c)

Congress for Racial Equality

d)

Congress Oversight Reaction Entity