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DIN 17 - Civil Rights Review Quiz

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
2.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
3.

Ending the policy of keeping people of different races separate.

a)

desegregation

b)

segregation

c)

integration

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

4.

Breaking a law thought to be unfair and being willing to go to jail.

a)

desegregation

b)

civil disobedience

c)

civil rights movement

d)

nonviolent protest

5.

Bus trip taken by black and white volunteers to test a desegregation law

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

civil disobedience

c)

Freedom Ride

d)

Jim Crow laws

6.

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1964

7.

Prohibits racial discrimination in voting (voting people, voting)

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

8.

Many southern states including Virginia, passed laws to enforce segregation. Segregation is:

a)

a right given to all citizens

b)

the separation of people, based on race or religion

c)

full equality of races and religion

d)

an unfair difference in the treatment of people

9.

Many people wanted to abolish or end segregation. This is called:

a)

integration

b)

separation

c)

desegregation

d)

discrimination

10.

Equal rights given to all citizens by the United States Constitution are called:

a)

legal rights

b)

human rights

c)

unalienable rights

d)

civil rights

11.

Virginia's government established a policy of Massive Resistance. This fought to:

a)

resist integration

b)

resist segregation

c)

resist conflict

d)

resist separation

12.

Who is this?

a)

Jo-Ann Robinson

b)

Claudette Colvin

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

13.

Where was she from?

a)

Anniston, Alabama.

b)

Birmingham, Alabama.

c)

Mobile, Alabama.

d)

Montgomery, Alabama.

14.

Why was she arrested?

a)

For hijacking a bus.

b)

For sitting in the white section of a restaurant.

c)

For drinking from a white water fountain.

d)

For refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.

15.
What event caused the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Arrest of MLK
b)
Assassination of JFK
c)
Arrest of Emmitt Till
d)
Arrest of Rosa Parks
16.

The precedent case that was referenced in "Brown v Board" was "Plessy v Ferguson." The Plessy decision made it constitutional to segregate as long as opportunities (including school) were "separate but equal." Did the Supreme Court uphold, or keep, this rule OR did they reverse this decision, or throw it out?

a)

Uphold

b)

Reverse

17.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
18.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
19.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
20.
An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.
a)
affirmative action
b)
de facto segregation
c)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
d)
National Organization for Women 
21.
Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Brown vs. the Board of Education
d)
Roe Vs. Wade
22.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 bans the use of __________ by states.
a)
literacy tests
b)
poll taxes
c)
lynchings
d)
Photo ID requirements
23.
What Black Nationalist group was once led by Malcolm X?
a)
Nation of Islam
b)
SNCC
c)
CORE
d)
Black Panthers
24.
Literacy tests & poll taxes were used in the South to keep African Americans from doing what?
a)
voting
b)
serving in the military
c)
moving north
d)
getting an education
25.
Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?
a)
on busses
b)
in schools
c)
at polling places
d)
at lunch counters
26.
What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
affirmative action
c)
Civil Rights Acts
d)
Force Acts
27.
Segregation caused by private action & not legislation
a)
de facto segregation
b)
de jure segregation
c)
affirmative action
d)
ex post facto segregation
28.
What was the goal of the Black Panthers?
a)
to turn American citizens against democracy
b)
to end the Vietnam War
c)
to convince African Americans to support "black power"
d)
to gain equal pay for black Americans
29.
The main goal of the freedom riders was to 
a)
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
b)
inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
c)
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
d)
desegregate urban bus systems in the south
30.
In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that
a)
private schools should be controlled by the federal government
b)
issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
c)
racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
d)
the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued
31.
Where did President Eisenhower send the 101st Airborne to enforce integration of a public high school?
a)
Little Rock, Arkansas
b)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
c)
Birmingham, Alabama
d)
Jackson, Mississippi
32.
Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson & integrated public schools
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Sweatt v. Painter
c)
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
d)
Hernandez v. Texas
33.
What strategy did the NAACP adopt in its fight for civil rights?
a)
massive resistance
b)
attacking racism in the courts
c)
direct nonviolence
d)
sit-ins
34.
 What was the common goal of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides?
a)
to seek legal remedies to inequality
b)
to end segregation in all public areas
c)
to end segregation in public schools
d)
to force segregation to respond violently
35.
Who did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference elect as its first leader?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Thurgood Marshall
36.
The Selma March is also known as ____. 
a)
Bloody Sunday
b)
Black Sunday
c)
Bloody Tuesday
d)
Black Tuesday
37.
Where did Dr. King deliver his famous "I Have a Dream " speech?
a)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
Albany Movement rally
c)
Memphis, TN garbage workers' strike
d)
at the March on Washington
38.
Where did the 1963  March on Washington occur?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Montgomery, AL
c)
Atlanta, GA
d)
Seattle, Washington
39.
What BEST represents Dr. King's approach to achieving civil rights?
a)
nonviolence
b)
disunity
c)
appeasement
d)
conformity
40.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

a)

made racial discrimination & segregation illegal

b)

enforced Jim Crow laws

c)

desegregated public schools

d)

lowered the voting age to 18

41.
What did Dr. King have in common with Gandhi?
a)
They both received the Nobel Peace Prize.
b)
They both were Christian ministers.
c)
They both used nonviolent methods to protest injustice.
d)
They both gave speeches during the March on Washington.
42.
Dr. King urged civil disobedience in all the following ways EXCEPT
a)
sit-ins
b)
boycotts
c)
marches
d)
rioting
43.

Please complete this famous quote from the I Have a Dream speech: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by,,,".

a)

the content of their character

b)

the amount of money they make

c)

what they look like

d)

how they treat other people

44.

What was the purpose of the March on Washington?

a)

to promote equality in jobs & employment

b)

to push for an end to segregation

c)

to outlaw racial discrimination

d)

ALL answer choices

45.

Please complete the following quote from Dr. King's I Have a Dream speech: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; 'We hold these truths to be self-evident that..."

a)

all men are created equal

b)

in God we trust

c)

give me liberty or give me death

d)

justice for one is justice for all

46.

Please complete the quote from Dr. King's I Have a Dream speech: "But not only that; let freedom ring from ______________ of Georgia."

a)

Stone Mountain

b)

the Atlantic coast

c)

Albany

d)

all counties

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