WorksheetsCivil Rights
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who was the Arkansas governor that sent the National Guard to keep nine African Americans students out of school?
Orval Faubus
George Wallace
Lester Maddox
Bull Connor
What was the purpose of Executive Order 9981?
To call for rationing
To mobilize troops in preparation for the Vietnam War
Desegregating the military
Initiate nuclear launch codes
In 1896, this court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine for public facilities.
Brown v. Board
Texas v. Hernandez
Sweatt v. Painter
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which court case in 1954 ended segregation in schools, and reversed Plessy v. Ferguson?
Brown v. Board of Education
Lee v. Lee
Sweatt v. Painter
Delgado v Bastrop ISD
Rosa Parks initiated the _____________.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock Nine event
Woolworth Sit-In
Freedom Rides
How were Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr similar in their protest tactics?
Started riots
Began militant demonstrations
Used nonviolent forms of protest
Organized labor unions
Poll taxes and literacy tests limited which right of African Americans?
Voting
Equal Pay
Education
Health Insurance
How did Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta contribute to the Chicano civil rights movement?
They fought for the rights of exploited laborers
They protested violent tactics used by the farm workers
They demanded educators teach more about Hispanic heritage
All of the above
The group NOW (National Organization for Women) and Betty Friedan fought against ___________.
gender discrimination
political representation
foreign policy
states rights
Which of the following was used in the South to practice segregation?
Equality
Jim Crow laws
Title IX
No laws were needed
Which term is most associated with Martin Luther King Jr?
Civil disobedience
Violent protests
Black militancy
Segregation
Title IX created ________.
political rights to be distributed amongst men
more economic investments for low income families
equal opportunities for both genders, especially in athletics and education
the need for an oversight committee to establish rules for bank loans
Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party are associated with ________.
civil disobedience
militancy ("by any means necessary")
cooperation
political lobbying
The important Civil Rights Act of 1964 calls for __________.
the end of discrimination in public areas
the integration of religious and state facilities
Jim Crows to continue
None of the above
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited ________.
any barriers to voting such as literacy tests and poll taxes
the government to conduct surveillance of polling sites
voters from seeing early drafts of ballot cards
poll workers from handing out reference materials to help voters read their ballots
This 1932 poster depicts an organization originally formed to advocate _______.
publicly funded health care for children
better economic treatment of migrant workers
a retirement system for farm laborers
equal employment opportunities for women
Which government poster is directly related to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
F
G
H
J
These murals were painted during the 1970s in California. This artistic movement demonstrates the contributions of which culture to U.S. art?
Mexican Americans
Chinese Americans
Irish Americans
African Americans
During Reconstruction the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were ratified. Which issue did these amendments address?
Rights for women
Readmission of states to the Union
Rights for former slaves
Presidential impeachment proceedings
What was the name of President Lyndon Johnson's plan to end poverty in America?
New Frontier
Great Society
Square Deal
New Deal
