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Civil Rights Unit 8

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Katy ISD ID#

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2.

African American Lawyer who won the Brown v. Board of Education court case and later became the first black Supreme Court Justice.

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

MLK

c)

Huey P. Newton

d)

Malcom X

3.

Regenerated attention to the women's rights movement with her book "Feminine Mystique".

a)

Frances Willard

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Betty Frieden

4.

The Chicano Civil Rights Movement wanted-

a)

extension on their visas

b)

better pay and working conditions

c)

work longer hours with little pay

d)

government grants for college

5.

Recognized for the affect it had on women's involvement in organized sports at the college and high school levels.

a)

Title XI

b)

19th Amendment

c)

Title IX

d)

Women's suffrage

6.

Sports programs were desegregated due to the efforts of people like-

a)

Hank Aaron

b)

Tiger Woods

c)

Babe Ruth

d)

Jackie Robinson

7.

Governors of Southern States who were devoted to the idea of racial segregation.

a)

George Maddox, JFK, Huey P. Newton

b)

LBJ, Lester Maddox, & Thurgood Marshall

c)

Orval Faubus, Earl Warren, & MLK

d)

Orval Faubus, George Wallace, & Lester Maddox

8.

Court case declared that separate black and white public schools to be unconstitutional.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

9.

The Civil Rights Movement is mostly characterized by-

a)

non-violent civil disobedience

b)

violence and riots

c)

economic prosperity

d)

political corruption

10.

Companies discriminated African Americans so the federal government answered by passing the-

a)

Title IX

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

24th Amendment

11.

President who imposed a ruling to integrate public schools

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

12.

Growth in economic and political chances for minority citizens was achieved by civil disobedience methods like-

a)

Marches, Freedom Rides, and Sit-ins

b)

Riots, Boycotts, and Guerilla Warfare

c)

Protests, Sit-ins, and Riots

13.

Court case that made legal justification for segregation

a)

Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Tinker v. Des Moines

14.

Founder and leader of the Black Panther Party

a)

MLK

b)

Huey P. Newton

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Malcom X

15.

Challenged the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

a)

Freedom Rides

b)

Sit-ins

c)

Marches

d)

Boycotts

16.

What laws limited the rights of blacks in the south prior to the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Jim Crow laws

b)

Bob Craw laws

c)

Black laws

d)

GI Bill

17.

This image is an example of...

a)

segregation

b)

integration

18.

The _________________ (1868) promised "equal protection of the laws' to all the nation's citizens"

a)

1st amendment

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

Plessy vs. Ferguson case

d)

14th amendment

19.

Martin Luther King Jr was the leader of this group

a)

NAACP

b)

CORE

c)

SCLC

d)

SNCC

20.

King was assassinated in this year

a)

1960

b)

1963

c)

1968

d)

1975

21.

This Civil Rights leader believed "white man is the devil"

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Phillip Randolph

c)

Bayard Rustin

d)

Malcolm X

22.

Which part of the civil rights movement dealt with migrant farm workers?

a)

African Americans

b)

Chicano's

c)

Asians

d)

Native Aemricans

23.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

a)

Allow private businesses to discriminate how they choose

b)

Make gerrymandering illegal

c)

Make it illegal to discriminate based on race, color, or sex

d)

Establish the EPA

24.

After Rosa Parks refused to move seats on the bus and was taken to jail, her refusal sparked a movement of protest. What was this movement of protest?

a)

Gender Equality Movement

b)

Civil Rights Movement

c)

March on Washington

d)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

25.
Which amendment outlawed literacy tests and poll taxes? 
a)
22nd amendment
b)
23rd amendment
c)
24th amendment
d)
25th amendment
26.
which act prevents racial discrimination in voting? 
a)
24th  amendment 
b)
civil rights act 1964
c)
voting rights act 1965
27.
Who wrote the Feminine  Mystique  ? 
a)
Gloria Steinem
b)
Betty Friedan 
c)
Sylvia Plath 
d)
Simone De Beauvoir
28.
Who was the 1st female judge to be placed on the supreme court ?
a)
Sonia sotomayor
b)
Sandra Day O'Connor
c)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
d)
Elena Kagan
29.
 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
30.
An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.
a)
affirmative action
b)
de facto segregation
c)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
d)
National Organization for Women 
31.
Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?
a)
on busses
b)
in schools
c)
at polling places
d)
at lunch counters
32.
Segregation caused by private action & not legislation
a)
de facto segregation
b)
de jure segregation
c)
affirmative action
d)
ex post facto segregation
33.
Where did President Eisenhower send the 101st Airborne to enforce integration of a public high school?
a)
Little Rock, Arkansas
b)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
c)
Birmingham, Alabama
d)
Jackson, Mississippi
34.
The Selma March is also known as ____. 
a)
Bloody Sunday
b)
Black Sunday
c)
Bloody Tuesday
d)
Black Tuesday
35.

What were the activists of Selma campaigning for?

a)

Voting rights

b)

Immigration rights

c)

An end to segregation in public education

d)

The desegregation of public transportation

36.

Starting in the spring of 1961, civil rights activists know as __________ rode buses into segregated terminals throughout the south. Police refused to protect them from attacks by the KKK and angry mobs.

a)

Freedom Riders

b)

Freedom Fighters

c)

Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee

d)

Black Panthers

37.

This young member and a leader of SNCC in Selma, became a US Congressman and is known as one of the heroes of the Civil Rights movement.

a)

John R. Lewis

b)

Christian L. Stewart

c)

James Farmer

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

38.
Which civil rights leader advocated separation  for African Americans and was opposed to integration ?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Medgar Evers
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Eldrige Cleaver
39.

The refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust is called?

a)

Integration

b)

Boycotting

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Segregation

40.

What is it called when African Americans would sit at "whites-only" lunch counter to protest segregation?

a)

Boycott

b)

School

c)

Bus

d)

Sit-in

41.

The _____th Amendment gave women the right to vote

a)

18

b)

15

c)

16

d)

19

42.
Former leader of SNCC that turned toward black power and led the Black Panthers
a)
James Meredith
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
James Ray
d)
Stokley Carmichal
43.
Who led the United Farm Workers labor union in an effort to help migrant laborers?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Bobby Kennedy
c)
Cesar Chavez
d)
gildZJoan Baez
44.
In protests over broken treaties and poor treatment of Native Americans, armed Native Americans overtook the site of this last battle of the Indian Wars.
a)
Wounded Knee
b)
Cherokee, NC
c)
Little Big Horn
d)
Mexico
45.
She wrote the Feminine Mystique
a)
Delores Huerta
b)
Betty Friedan
c)
Gloria Steinem
d)
Phyllis Schlafly
46.
Who wrote Silent Spring about the use of pesticides in the environment?
a)
Betty Friedan
b)
Gloria Steinem
c)
Rachel Carson
d)
Phyllis Schlafly
47.
Police raiding this bar sparked the Gay Rights Movement.
a)
Stonewall Inn
b)
Hilton Garden Inn
c)
Holiday Inn
d)
Stonewall Jackson
48.
What organization, the idea of Betty Friedan, reflected the diverse goals for the modern feminist movement?
a)
National Women's Party
b)
Women for Tomorrow
c)
Equal Rights Organization
d)
National Organization for Women
49.
What was Roe v. Wade?
a)
Made abortion legal
b)
Made hallucinogenic drugs illegal
c)
Court case that started the Equal Rights Amendment
d)
Court case that increased the rights of Indians
50.

A frequent militant organization that was formed in 1968 to work for Native American Rights

a)

American Indian Movement

b)

La Raza Unida

c)

Feminism

d)

United Farm Workers Organization

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