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Civil Rights STAAR terms MHS

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

required desegregation of schools, NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall helped argue case

a)

Brown v. board of education

b)

Plessy v Ferguson

c)

Dred Scott vs Sandford

d)

Korematsu v. United States

2.

important leader of the Civil Rights movement, believed in civil disobedience instead of violence

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. Dubois

3.

Civil Rights group that use armed resistance to protect and defend themselves, Huey Newton was leader

a)

Brown Berets

b)

Black Panthers

c)

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

d)

Center for Constitutional Rights

4.

Little Rock, Arkansas-Governor Orval Faubus challenged the power of the Federal government to desegregate schools

a)

True

b)

False

5.

March on Washington-Nonviolent protest aimed to improve political rights and economic opportunities of minorities

a)

True

b)

False

6.

required equal treatment of minorities in the workplace

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Social Security Act

c)

Homestead Act

d)

Sherman anti-trust Act

7.

Equal Employment Opportunity-government agencies could no longer discriminate in their employment practices

a)

True

b)

False

8.

ended poll taxes and literacy test as a requirement to vote, resulted in increased voting by minorities

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Social Security Act