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WorksheetsCivil Rights Movement
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
In 1957, President Eisenhower used federal troops in Little Rock, Arkansas, to
Eliminate racial discrimination in housing
allow African Americans to vote in local elections
integrate the public schools
admit African Americans to graduate programs
Why did large numbers of African Americans migrate to the North in the early 20th century?
Northern states offered them free farmland
Labor unions in the North recruited them as members
Southern Jim Crow laws restricted their job opportunities
New laws forced them to leave the South or pay heavy taxes
What strategy did both Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez use to achieve social change?
organized labor unions
created militant demonstrations
started riots
led non violent boycotts
What was the significance of the U.S Supreme Court ruling of the University of California v Bakke 1978
It supported freedom of speech in public schools
It declared that the use of racial classifications for college admission should be limited
It established a student's right to privacy
It said that religious affiliations could not be used as a college admissions criterion
Which statement correctly evaluates the effectiveness of this strategy?
It led to government intervention to protect consumers
It resulted in legislation regulating the use of the strike
It promoted work stoppages by other labor organizations
It created awareness of the plight of agricultural laborers
A good title for this chart is
" Kennedy- Johnson Civil Rights Laws"
" Expanding the Role of State Government"
" Promises Kept by the Republican Party"
" Increasing the People's Rights in the 20th Century"
President Truman advanced the cause of civil rights when he ordered the desegregation of
all branches of the armed forces
factories which produced military supplies
all public high schools
state- funded colleges and universities
Which scenario is most consistent with the concept of civil disobedience?
On August 11, 1965, race riots broke out in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California.
Stokely Carmichael of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee advocated black power
In February 1960, African - American students staged a sit - in at a Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Malcolm X declared that racial separation was a positive good with many benefits for African Americans
