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CUSH: Civil Rights - Part 1

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This lawyer helped argue for Brown in Brown v. Board of Education.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Oveta Culp Hobby

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

2.

Bus rides to the South to ensure desegregation was enforced are called

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Freedom Rides

d)

The Great Society

3.

Who is the Civil rights leader who founded CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

a)

James L Farmer

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

W.E.B. Dubois

d)

Julian Baker

4.

Which national organization that helped fight for equal rights for African Americans?

a)

LULAC

b)

NCAA

c)

NRA

d)

NAACP

5.

Who was arrested for refusing to move on a bus? The result led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

a)

Claudette Colvin

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Stokely Carmichael

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

6.

The Civil Rights Movement opposed Plessy v. Ferguson and its premise of?

a)

separate but equal

b)

equal rights for all races

c)

different pay for men and women

d)

voting rights for women

7.

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme ruled that...

a)

separate but equal schools were unconstitutional

b)

public schools should be segregated

c)

all children should attend public schools

d)

schools should be given equal amounts of money

8.
Why were the Little Rock Nine unable to attend Central High School on September 4, 1957?
a)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower had sent U.S. Army troops to the school.
b)
The governor of Arkansas had ordered troops from the state's National Guard to stop them.
c)
An angry mob prevented the students from entering the building
d)
The U.S. Supreme Court had ruled against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education.
9.

Where was Central High located?

a)

Little Rock, Arkansas

b)

Boulder, Colorado

c)

Stonecrest, Georgia

d)

Jackson, Mississippi

10.

What year did the Little Rock Nine try to enter Central High School for the first time?

a)

2001

b)

1910

c)

1927

d)

1957

11.

How did President Dwight Eisenhower respond to the Arkansas Governor?

a)

He had him arrested.

b)

He sent 1000 paratroopers to escort the students at school.

c)

He yelled at him and took away his governor position.

d)

He didn't do anything.

12.
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
13.

The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and Whites who rode buses to..?

a)

Encourage A.A.'s to leave the south and move north

b)

to protest racial segregation throughout the south

c)

to promote membership in the KKK

d)

to gain support for the Vietnam war

14.

Which governor tried to prevent 9 African American students from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas ?

a)

George Wallace

b)

Orval Faubus

c)

Strom Thurmond

d)

George Patterson

15.

Which Chief Justice ruled that segregation in schools violated the 14th amendment in the Brown V. Board of Education ?

a)

Earl Warren

b)

John Roberts

c)

Jack Ruby

d)

Warren Burger

16.

In which direction did the "Freedom Rides" travel?

a)

North to South

b)

East to West

c)

South to North

d)

West to East

17.
This type of segregation is created and maintained by laws.
a)
de facto
b)
de jure
18.
This type of segregation occurs without any laws forcing it
a)
de jure
b)
de facto
19.

Which phrase in the Brown v. Board of Education ruling would prove to be the most controversial?

a)

"in the field of public education"

b)

"separate educational facilities are inherently unequal"

c)

"a right that must be made available to all on equal terms"

d)

"with all deliberate speed"

20.

T/F: President Eisenhower ignored the crisis in Little Rock because he did not want to take a stand on school desegregation.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The Governor, Ross Barnett, personally came to the registrar's office to deny him admission to the University of Mississippi

a)

John Lewis

b)

Martin Luther King

c)

James Meredith

d)

Thurgood Marshall

22.

-Supreme Court case in which justices agreed that an African American must be admitted at the University of Texas School of Law

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Sweatt v. Painter

d)

Sherman Antitrust Act

23.

A group of college students who held sit-ins at segregated restaurants along with promoted voter registration:

a)

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

b)

Children of MLK Together

c)

All Civil Rights Activists United

d)

Tuskegee Coalition

24.

Which organization was Martin Luther King Jr. the president of?

a)

SCLT

b)

SCCC

c)

SNCC

d)

SCLC