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APUSH Social Movements

Total questions: 20

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.
Thurgood Marshall was famous for being the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and....
a)
Assassinating JFK
b)
Organizing the March on Washington
c)
Winning the Brown v. the Board of Education case
d)
Giving African-Americans the right to vote
3.

This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private places.

a)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

b)

Brown vs. Board of Education

c)

Marbury vs. Madison

d)

Korematsu vs. United States

4.

Which of the following best describes the reason why the Montgomery Bus Boycott ended?

a)

Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting

b)

Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting and federal court orders

c)

African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating

d)

White segregationists complied with federal court orders

5.

What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?

a)

He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.

b)

He introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which increased equality in the American workplace.

c)

He pressured the Supreme Court to pass a voting rights bill that made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.

d)

He overturned the court case Dred Scott v. Sandford which led to the end of slavery in the United States.

6.

What was the supreme court case that made segregation during interstate travel on buses illegal?

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

Morgan vs. Virginia

c)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

d)

Browder v. Gayle

7.

The main goal of the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 was to

a)

encourage the Supreme Court to make a decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

b)

pressure the president to introduce a civil rights bill to Congress.

c)

force the president to introduce a voting rights bill to Congress.

d)

convince the Supreme Court to overturn its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.

8.

Cesar Chávez was a migrant farm worker who wanted to improve the lives of other migrant workers. Which of the following best completes the diagram above?

a)

Cesar Chávez married Helen Fabela and had eight children.

b)

Cesar Chávez was arrested for decreasing production on migrant farms.

c)

Grape growers in California accepted the United Farm Workers union.

d)

Migrant workers ignored Cesar Chávez and his attempts to help.

9.

The goals of the Chicano Movement included all of the following EXCEPT

a)

better education

b)

voting rights

c)

right to unionize

d)

reclaim lost land

10.
What form of protest did students take in Los Angeles in the late 1960s to fight against prejudices that existed in the public schools there?
a)
They started riots because of their anger over the poor treatment of Latino Americans in schools.
b)
They refused to try on any school work or tests if things did not change.
c)
They walked out of class in order to show solidarity and send a message that things needed to change. 
d)
They started a petition drive around their neighborhoods urging the government to change the school situation.
11.

The American Indian Movement (AIM) was created because young Native Americans ....

a)

Wanted to make money off from media attention.

b)

Felt anger over poverty, unemployment, and neglect for Native rights.

c)

Wanted more revenue from reservation casinos.

d)

Wanted to violently take back their tribal lands.

12.
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
13.

Which describes Dolores Huerta?

a)

Created the National Organization of Women, the Feminine Mystique, and demanded equality for women

b)

La Raza lawyer and first Latina Supreme Court Justice

c)

Advocated for militarism to attain support for Black rights

d)

Founder of United Farm Workers and advocate for women and migrant families.

14.

Charismatic member of the Nation of Islam; he was critical of nonviolence and called for a separate black society; he was assassinated after changing his mind and calling for a white-black brotherhood

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Stokely Carmichael

c)

Leonard Peltier

d)

Medgar Evers

15.

Leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who abandoned nonviolence and pushed for aggressive action to gain equality; he coined the term black power - taking pride in being black and celebrating blackness

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Leonard Peltier

c)

Stokely Carmichael

d)

John Lewis

16.

Author of Silent Spring, which detailed the dangers of man-made chemicals in the natural world; her work sparked the modern environmental movement

a)

Rachel Carson

b)

Betty Friedan

c)

Phyllis Schlafly

d)

Dolores Huerta

17.

Law that outlawed discrimination in hiring and public spaces; passed in response to the Birmingham riots, March on Washington, and the assassinations of Medgar Evers and President Kennedy

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1957

c)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

24th Amendment

18.

Law that gave the federal government authorization to prevent any discrimination in voting; it led to massive African-American voter turnout and large numbers of African-Americans elected to office

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Voter Protection Act of 1964

c)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

24th Amendment

19.

On a voting rights march out of Selma, Alabama towards the capital police brutally attacked the peaceful marchers; it was televised and outraged the nation, leading to the Voting Rights Act of 1965

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

Stonewall Riots

c)

Pine Ridge Riots

d)

Black Sunday

20.

A series of riots against police after the raided a gay bar in New York; sparked the modern gay rights movement

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

Stonewall Riots

c)

Pine Ridge Riots

d)

Birmingham Riots