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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
a)
Segregation in public schools became illegal
b)
African-Americans began playing profession sports
c)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
d)
MLK led a March on Washington
2.
The March on Washington is most famous for...
a)
causing race riots in Washington, D.C.
b)
200,000 people worked together to get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization
d)
MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
3.
What is the purpose of the 24th Amendment?
a)
It ended slavery
b)
It ended segregation based on race
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be selected for the Supreme Court
4.
This amendment declared that all persons   born in the United States (except American Indian tribes) were citizens, that   all citizens were entitled to equal rights regardless of their race, and   their rights were protected by due process of the law (1868) (USH.9A)
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
5th
5.
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote (1870) (USH.9A)
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
5th
6.
This act abolished racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers; unlawful for an employer to “fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges or employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” (signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson) (USH.9F)
a)
Civil Rights Act 1964
b)
Executive Order 1948
c)
Civil Rights Act 1957
d)
Voting Rights Act 1965
7.
Thurgood Marshall became _______.
a)
a president of the United States.
b)
a principal in a school who fought racism.
c)
the first African American on the Supreme Court.
d)
one of the authors of the constitution.
8.

In 1957, President Eisenhower used federal troops in Little Rock, Arkansas, to

a)

Eliminate racial discrimination in housing

b)

allow African Americans to vote in local elections

c)

integrate the public schools

d)

admit African Americans to graduate programs

9.

Why did large numbers of African Americans migrate to the North in the early 20th century?

a)

Northern states offered them free farmland

b)

Labor unions in the North recruited them as members

c)

Southern Jim Crow laws restricted their job opportunities

d)

New laws forced them to leave the South or pay heavy taxes

10.

What strategy did both Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez use to achieve social change?

a)

organized labor unions

b)

created militant demonstrations

c)

started riots

d)

led non violent boycotts

11.

What was the significance of the U.S Supreme Court ruling of the University of California v Bakke 1978

a)

It supported freedom of speech in public schools

b)

It declared that the use of racial classifications for college admission should be limited

c)

It established a student's right to privacy

d)

It said that religious affiliations could not be used as a college admissions criterion

12.

Which statement correctly evaluates the effectiveness of this strategy?

a)

It led to government intervention to protect consumers

b)

It resulted in legislation regulating the use of the strike

c)

It promoted work stoppages by other labor organizations

d)

It created awareness of the plight of agricultural laborers

13.

A good title for this chart is

a)

" Kennedy- Johnson Civil Rights Laws"

b)

" Expanding the Role of State Government"

c)

" Promises Kept by the Republican Party"

d)

" Increasing the People's Rights in the 20th Century"

14.

President Truman advanced the cause of civil rights when he ordered the desegregation of

a)

all branches of the armed forces

b)

factories which produced military supplies

c)

all public high schools

d)

state- funded colleges and universities

15.

Which scenario is most consistent with the concept of civil disobedience?

a)

On August 11, 1965, race riots broke out in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California.

b)

Stokely Carmichael of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee advocated black power

c)

In February 1960, African - American students staged a sit - in at a Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina.

d)

Malcolm X declared that racial separation was a positive good with many benefits for African Americans