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Civil Rights

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the ruling of Plessy v Ferguson?

a)

1896

b)

1968

c)

1886

d)

1964

2.

"Separate but equal" was supported by

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Jim Crow laws

c)

Brown v Board of Education

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

3.

Plessy v Ferguson had to do with

a)

train cars

b)

busses

c)

14th amendment

d)

schools

e)

24th amendment

4.

The 14th amendment states

a)

everyone must be separate but equal

b)

there is equal treatment under the law

c)

no poll tax allowed

d)

no discrimination based on gender, race, religion....

5.

Examples of Jim Crows laws are...

a)

allowing mixed race marriages

b)

counters where only black people eat

c)

separate public facilities

d)

mixed prison rooms

6.

Which of these factors led to the development of the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

African Americans getting jobs in WWII.

b)

Women and Latinos getting jobs in WWII.

c)

FDR passing a law allowing discrimination in federal government jobs

d)

African American soldiers in WWII

7.

Which describe the Columbia Race Riots?

a)

Veteran arrested for fighting a cler k

b)

police raids of white town

c)

Warrants to search and arrest

d)

death of two black men

8.

Brown vs. Board of Education was....

a)

in 1954

b)

a ruling that violated the 14th amendment

c)

lead to more facilities banning segregation

d)

overturned Plessy v Ferguson

e)

in 1964

9.

Soul Force was

a)

by MLK

b)

by Malcolm X

c)

love your enemy

d)

civil disobedience

e)

willing to suffer

10.

What happened in the trial of Emmett Till?

a)

The men were arrested and found guilty

b)

Emmett Till flirted with a white woman

c)

The men were acquitted by the jury

d)

Double jeopardy used

11.

Which describes the SCLC?

a)

nonviolent protest

b)

MLK leadership

c)

confrontational

d)

student protests

e)

sit in movement

12.

Which describes SNCC?

a)

nonviolent protest

b)

MLK leadership

c)

confrontational

d)

student protests

e)

sit in movement

13.

Birmingham is in...

a)

Alabama

b)

Tennessee

c)

Georgia

d)

Kansas

e)

South Carolina

14.

Why did MLK focus on Birmingham?

a)

Total segregation

b)

racial violence by bombings

c)

SNCC wanted to test nonviolence approach

d)

SCLC wanted to test nonviolence approach

15.

What was MLK's message(s) in the "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?

a)

nonviolence is hard when met with violence

b)

waiting is difficult

c)

the white clergy understood what was going on

d)

nonviolence wasn't an option anymore

16.

When was the Children's March in Birmingham?

a)

May 2, 1963

b)

May 3, 1963

c)

March 3, 1963

d)

March 2, 1963

17.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964.....

a)

no discrimination based on race, gender, religion....

b)

no more literacy tests

c)

no more poll tax

d)

no more housing discrimination

18.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

a)

no discrimination based on race, gender, religion....

b)

no more literacy tests

c)

no more poll tax

d)

no more housing discrimination

19.

The 24th amendment....

a)

no discrimination based on race, gender, religion....

b)

no more literacy tests

c)

no more poll tax

d)

no more housing discrimination

20.

The Civil Rights Act of 1968....

a)

no discrimination based on race, gender, religion....

b)

no more literacy tests

c)

no more poll tax

d)

no more housing discrimination

21.

What is de facto segregation?

a)

segregation by law

b)

segregation not by law

c)

public schools being separated by race

d)

a waiter refusing to serve a person of color

22.

What is de jure segregation?

a)

segregation by law

b)

segregation not by law

c)

public schools being separated by race

d)

a waiter refusing to serve a person of color

23.

What is not true about Malcolm X?

a)

he was Christian

b)

he was Muslim

c)

he wanted integration of white/black society

d)

he wanted black pride

e)

he blamed white people for society

24.

What is true about Malcolm X?

a)

he wanted black people to take control for their lives

b)

he promoted nonviolence

c)

he promoted violence with cause

d)

he supported black separatism

25.

True or False? MLK did not support Black Power.

a)

True

b)

False; he did not want black people to gain political power

c)

False; he did not want black power to antagonize whites

26.

Which group becomes more militant over time?

a)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

b)

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

c)

Black Panthers

27.

Where was the Black Panther group formed?

a)

Oakland

b)

Los Angeles

c)

Birmingham

d)

Montgomery

28.

What are some things the Black Panthers did?

a)

give housing and employment

b)

shootouts with police

c)

protest the draft

d)

preach Mao Zedong

e)

support Nikita Khrushchev

29.

When was MLK assassinated?

a)

April 4, 1968

b)

April 4, 1964

c)

April 3,1968

d)

April 3, 1964

30.

What happens soon after MLK'S assassination?

a)

race riots

b)

SCLC grows in membership

c)

SCLC declines in leadership

d)

Robert Kennedy becomes president

31.

What did LBJ do with the Kerner Commission?

a)

have them investigate urban violence

b)

Kerner Commission found white vs black society

c)

de facto segreatation

d)

de jure segreation

e)

LBJ rejected majority of recommendations of Kerner Commission

32.

Latin America is comprised of

a)

South America

b)

Central America

c)

Caribbean islands

d)

Mexico

e)

Spain

33.

Which Hispanic immigrants mostly settled in California?

a)

Mexican Americans

b)

Puerto Ricans

c)

Cubans

34.

Which Hispanic immigrants mostly settled in New York City?

a)

Mexican Americans

b)

Puerto Ricans

c)

Cubans

35.

Which Hispanic immigrants fled from Fidel Castro?

a)

Mexican Americans

b)

Puerto Ricans

c)

Cubans

36.

What did Hispanic farm workers endure?

a)

sharing small rooms with many people

b)

exposure to chemicals and pesticides

c)

minimum wage

d)

corrupt labor contractors

37.

Who started the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee?

a)

Cesar Chavez

b)

Dolores Huerta

c)

Filipino Union

d)

Asian Union

38.

Who was inspired by Ghandi's protest methods?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

MLK

c)

Cesar Chavez

39.

The Delano Grape Strike is an example of

a)

nonviolent protest

b)

successful protest

c)

economic pressure

d)

boycotting work

40.

Feminism is...

a)

women want equal political/economic/social equality

b)

women want more political/economic/social rights than men

c)

started in 1960s

41.

The Feminine Mystique was

a)

written by Betty Friedan

b)

written by Gloria Steinem

c)

said women were fulfilled by domestic work

d)

there were societal standards for feminine and non-feminine

e)

women could voice their opinions in 1960s society

42.

Roe vs Wade ...

a)

said women could not have an abortion in the first 3 months of pregnancy

b)

said women could have an abortion in the first 3 months of pregnancy

c)

was met with religious opposition

d)

was ruled to protect women's health

43.

True or False? The Equal Rights Amendment passed into law.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

To earn money, Cesar and his family became

a)

migrant workers

b)

teachers

c)

lawyers

45.

What is a migrant worker?

a)

Someone who loves to eat

b)

Someone who travels from place to place to work

c)

Someone who likes to color

46.

What is a strike?

a)

When workers do not to eat

b)

When workers do not work

c)

When workers go to school

47.

Why did Cesar Chavez start a union?

a)

Farm workers were not treated fairly

b)

He understood the lives of farm workers

48.

What is a migrant worker?

a)

A part time worker.

b)

A person who travels to work in different factories and stores.

c)

A person who travels to harvest seasonal fruits and vegetables.

d)

A person who grew up in Alaska.

49.

How did he help change the lives of other migrant workers?

a)

He got other people together, gave speeches, and led marches.

b)

He went to court to ask for fair treatment.

c)

Chavez helped his mother work in the fields.

d)

Chavez led a march across a bridge in protest of mistreatment.

50.

What poor working condition did Cesar and his family have to deal with?

a)

Long hours

b)

No bathrooms

c)

No breaks

d)

No clean water

e)

All of the above

51.

True or False: Forming a union was difficult because workers were scared they would lose their jobs or get hurt.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

What was the result of the grape workers march that Cesar Chavez led to Sacramento?

a)

The grape workers were fired

b)

Cesar Chavez was thrown in jail

c)

The grape workers kept their jobs, but were paid less

d)

Many of the grape workers' conditions were met

e)

Cesar lost his job as head of the union

53.

True or False: Gloria Steinem wrote the book "The Feminine Mystique"

a)

True

b)

False

54.

True or False: Gloria Steinem co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Gloria Steinem founded and edited one of the most successful Feminist magazines of all time. By the mid-1970s, ____ ___________ had more than 500,000 monthly subscribers

a)

Steinem Papers

b)

Ms. Magazine

c)

Feminist Weekly

d)

Political Caucus

56.

A Labor Union formed in 1966 to seek higher wages and better working conditions for Mexican-American farm workers in California.

a)

La Raza Unida

b)

American Indian Movement

c)

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee

d)

Equal Rights Amendment

57.

The belief that women should have economic, political, and social equity with me.

a)

Meninism

b)

Feminism

c)

Women's rights movement

d)

Female Workers Organization

58.

This Stated that women could obtain an abortion up to 3 months.

a)

Tinker v Des Moines

b)

Roe vs Wayne

c)

Plessy v Ferguson

d)

Roe vs Wade

59.

The FREEDOM RIDERS protested segregation laws __________________.

a)

by breaking them

b)

by posting signs in the bus windows

c)

by blocking roads

d)

in Georgia and Florida

60.

The Freedom Riders expected to ___________________, and planned for it.

a)

be arrested

b)

be attacked

c)

be jailed

d)

all of these

61.

Many of the Freedom Rides were sponsored by ______________.

a)

CORE and SNCC

b)

SPAR and the NAACP

c)

The SCLC

d)

President Kennedy

62.

The nonviolent protests were started by ordinary people

a)

True

b)

False

63.

"Despite being threatened and having food thrown at them. This was called the..."

a)

the violent sit in

b)

the silent sit in

c)

the restrained sit in

d)

the refused sit in

64.

When service was refused they

a)

faught back

b)

asked why

c)

left

d)

continued to sit patiently

65.

What caused the 16th Street Baptist Church to crumble?

a)

An earthquake

b)

A car accident

c)

A fire

d)

A bombing

66.

How many little girls died in the basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

13

d)

4

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.
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
70.

In the Delano Grape Strike farm workers wanted to boycott grapes because they wanted to stop the production of grapes

a)

True

b)

False

71.
What is Title IX
a)
A Law allowing males to have the same opportunities as females
b)
A Law allowing women to have the same opportunities as males
c)
A law
d)
Title IX doesn't exsist
72.
Title IX affected?
a)
School
b)
Workplace
c)
Sports
d)
All of the above
73.
When was Title IX first put into action (used).
a)
2000
b)
1927
c)
1972
d)
1954
74.

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

a)

Dr. Malcolm Luther King Jr

b)

Malcolm X

75.

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”

a)

Dr. Malcolm Luther King Jr

b)

Malcolm X

76.

“A race of people is like an individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.”

a)

Dr. Malcolm Luther King Jr

b)

Malcolm X

77.

“It is a disgrace for Negro leaders not to be able to submerge our “minor” differences in order to seek a common solution to a common problem posed by a common enemy.”

a)

Dr. Malcolm Luther King Jr

b)

Malcolm X

78.

“We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.”

a)

Dr. Malcolm Luther King Jr

b)

Malcolm X

79.

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?"

a)

Dr. Malcolm Luther King Jr

b)

Malcolm X

80.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

a)

Dr. Malcolm Luther King Jr

b)

Malcolm X

81.

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”

a)

Dr. Malcolm Luther King Jr

b)

Malcolm X