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United States History II Diagnostic IV

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The most direct effect of poll taxes and literacy tests on African Americans was to

a)

prevent them from voting

b)

limit their access to public facilities

c)

block their educational opportunities

d)

deny them economic advancements

2.
Which Supreme Court case segregated public schools?
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Plessy v Board of Education
c)
Brown v Board of Education
d)
Korematsu v US
3.
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
4.
Which Supreme Court case integrated public schools?
a)
Plessy v Ferguson
b)
Brown v Board of Education
c)
Schenk v US
d)
Korematsu v US
5.
Dr. King believed in using peaceful demonstrations to get the government to listen to the demands of the Civil Rights Movement.  He was influence by this person....
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Buddah
c)
Mahatma Ghandi
d)
Martin L. King Sr. 
6.
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.
7.

Which action is the best example of the use of civil disobedience?

a)

passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

lobbying Congress to eliminate the poll tax

c)

attending a political rally in Iowa

d)

conducting sit-ins at restaurants in the South

8.

8.What organization did Cesar Chaves create and what did it fight for?

a)

Brown Berets; Black Power

b)

United Farm Workers; better pay and working conditions for migrant farmers

c)

Black Panthers: Black power movement and defense of black communities

d)

American Communist Party: Inspire communist revolution in America

9.
Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?
a)
The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter
b)
The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army
c)
The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
d)
The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
10.

The changes shown in the chart were most directly the result of the

a)

enactment of voting-reform laws by these southern states

b)

Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education

c)

passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

executive branch’s resistance to protecting the civil rights of minorities