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Standard 21 (c-e): Civil Rights & Vietnam

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was originally called?

a)

"The City Upon a Hill"

b)

"March on Washington"

c)

"Normalcy, Never Again"

d)

"True Dreams Never Die"

2.

Many political analysts credit President Richard Nixon's election in 1968 to his campaign's emphasis on improving

a)

education.

b)

healthcare.

c)

law and order.

d)

economic justice.

3.

President Richard Nixon's successful presidential campaign strategy was designed to appeal to which group?

a)

liberal northerners

b)

liberal southerners

c)

conservative northerners

d)

conservative southerners

4.

For a time, Malcolm X was a member of the Black Muslims, a group that believed

a)

full integration should happen by force.

b)

separation from white people was preferable to integration.

c)

desegregation should be the ultimate goal of all integrationist groups.

d)

integration and desegregation would be accomplished through religious means.

5.

Caesar Chavez led this group of Mexican and Chicano migrant workers to protest unfair treatment in agriculture. The group are called

a)

American Federation of Migrant Workers

b)

United Farm Workers

c)

The Knights of Labor

d)

American Federation of Labor

6.

How did television coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing affect the American public?

a)

It influenced Americans to support establishing settlements on the Moon.

b)

It ended Americans' interest in any further exploration of the solar system.

c)

It convinced Americans that the United States was winning the space race.

d)

It made Americans think that buying color television sets was a patriotic duty.

7.

How did network television news reports from the front lines affect the American people during the war in Vietnam?

a)

Confidence that the war would come to a swift conclusion grew among the American public.

b)

Enlistment skyrocketed as young Americans volunteered to join the fight in record numbers.

c)

Americans increasingly doubted their government's claims that the war was being won.

d)

Belief that an attack on American soil was imminent led to widespread social unrest.

8.

Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Thurgood Marshall

9.

Desegregated all public schools. This was a major court case that involved Linda Brown attending an all-black school when an all-white school was closer to her home.

a)

Brown vs. the Board of Education

b)

13th Amendment

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Jim Crow Laws

10.

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