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HOA Semester Exam Review

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which order of events is correct?

a)

Freedom Summer, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides, March to Selma

b)

March to Selma, Freedom Summer, Freedom Rides, Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides, Freedom Summer, March to Selma

d)

Freedom Summer, Freedom Rides, Montgomery Bus Boycott, March to Selma

2.

What was the difference between Brown v Board of Education and Brown II?

a)

Brown I clarifies the speed of integration in schools, Brown II does not

b)

Brown I makes segregation in schools legal, Brown II makes segregation illegal

c)

Brown I allows equal funding in segregated schools, Brown II takes away equal funding

d)

Brown I makes segregation illegal, Brown II clarifies the speed of integration in schools

3.

What did Steve Biko do to have a positive impact on the anti-apartheid movement?

a)

Created the Black People's Convention

b)

Was president of the South African students' organization

c)

wrote books that sparked activism against apartheid

d)

all of the other three answers are correct

4.

What was the purpose of the Indian Education Act?

a)

European’s attempt to assimilate Indian children into white schools

b)

European’s attempt to assimilate Indian children into white schools

c)

Federal funding for learning and teaching Native children with the parental partial control.

d)

Authorization by the US government to home school Native children

5.

Which of the following was the armed wing of the African National Congress?

a)

Black Sash

b)

Pan Africanist Congress

c)

South African Student's Organization

d)

Umkhonto we Sizwe

6.

Which of the following best displays the correct chronological order of events?

a)

Trail of Tears, Dawes Act, Wounded Knee Massacre

b)

Wounded Knee Massacre, Dawes Act, Trail of Tears

c)

Trail of Tears, Wounded Knee Massacre, Dawes Act

d)

Dawes Act, Wounded Knee Massacre, Trail of Tears

7.

What was the Soweto Uprising?

a)

A war between the Boers and the Soweto tribe

b)

a law allowing racial segregation

c)

a series of protests led by black school children

d)

forced removals of blacks from their homes

8.

Which president was the first to decided to remove apartheid policies?

a)

D F Malan

b)

F W de Klerk

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

P W Botha

9.

Which Civil Rights organization was responsible for setting up most of the Freedom Rides?

a)

NAACP

b)

SNCC

c)

SCLC

d)

CORE

10.

What amendment of the U.S constitution gives equal protection rights to all citizens

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15h

d)

2nd

11.

The Indian Termination policy, developed by the federal government in the 1940’s was created to

a)

exterminate Native Americans completely

b)

peacefully assimilate Native Americans into society

c)

prevent the forced removals of Native American

d)

Forceably assimilate Native Americans into American society

12.

What reasons led to the National Party’s victory in the 1948 election?

a)

Whites feared the growing number of Black Africans moving into cities

b)

Whites feared the growing number of Black Africans moving into cities

c)

Many White South Africans desired separate development from Blacks as a nation

d)

All of the other answers are correct

13.

Which of the following was a goal of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project?

a)

To free African Americans from prison who were unlawfully convicted

b)

To combat the wage inequality within the state of Mississippi.

c)

To increase the number of registered black voters in Mississippi.

d)

To combat white supremacy groups

14.

What BEST describes the apartheid government’s purpose behind the forced removals of citizens living in Sophiatown in the 1950s?

a)

belief that races could not coexist and need to move races into one area to encourage transient lifestyle

b)

The city was getting overpopulated and were losing the sustainability of resources

c)

The apartheid government believed the land was valuable in resources

d)

Sophiatown threatened the apartheid government as it demonstrated the possibility of peaceful coexistence among different races

15.

Which of the following set the precedent that facilities can be separated by race as long as they are equal?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown II

d)

Worcester v. Georgia

16.

What is one major difference between Social Darwinism and Calvinism?

a)

Calvinism is from the perspective of science while Social Darwinism is from the perspective of religion

b)

Social Darwinism states that some people are more advanced than others while Calvinism states some people are more favored

c)

Calvinism draws from the idea that science selects the strongest of each generation to reproduce while Social Darwinism states that God elects people for heaven and hell

d)

Social Darwinism advocates for the separation of races while Calvinists believe there is no justification for it.

17.

What was the significance of the Bantu Education Act of 1953?

a)

It allowed integration across the United States

b)

To consolidate Bantu education, so that discriminatory educational practices could be uniformly implemented across South Africa.

c)

It allowed forced removal from Sophiatown.

d)

It helped implement the social freedom of African Americans in the United States

18.

Who is this woman?

a)

Deb Haaland, the new Secretary of the Interior

b)

Deb Haaland, the tribal leader of the Sioux Nation

c)

Deb Haaland, the leader of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

d)

Deb Haaland, the leader of the Siege on Alcatraz in 1969

19.

Which of the following made discrimination based on race or gender illegal

and ended segregation in the United States

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

Title XI

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

20.

Crack Mississippi and you crack the whole south was the slogan for

a)

The Freedom Rides

b)

The Montgomery Bus Boycotts

c)

The Freedom Summer

d)

The march to Selma

21.

What was the primary reason for the occupation of Alcatraz by Native Americans

a)

Treaty violations by the US government

b)

high rate of alcoholism on reservations

c)

The Trail of Tears

d)

The American Indian Religious Freedom Act

22.

Who was She was a founding member of SNCC and helped to coordinate the Freedom Rides, sit-ins at lunch counters, and led campaigns for voting rights?

a)

Gwendolyn Simmons

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Diane Nash

d)

Elizabeth Eckford

23.

Which of the following was a result of the resistance against the Pass Laws?

a)

Bantu Education Act

b)

Soweto Uprising

c)

Sharpeville Massacre

d)

Sophiatown Uprising

24.
What country did South Africa gain its independence from?
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Portugal
25.
Even with the end of apartheid, what was a major problem that remained?
a)
laws that treated whites better than blacks
b)
income inequality between blacks and whites
c)
an unfair tax system
d)
blacks being forced to live in homelands
26.
What did F.W. de Klerk do for South Africa?
a)
He started apartheid.
b)
He put Nelson Mandella in jail.
c)
He fought for South Africa's independence.
d)
He helped to end apartheid.
27.
Which of these would a black South African had to have done during apatheid?
a)
carry a passbook
b)
see a doctor
c)
vote for government officials
d)
attend a white school
28.
Why did the National Party pass apartheid laws in 1948? 
a)
To gain independence from the British
b)
To imprison Nelson Mandela
c)
To boost the sale of gold and diamonds
d)
To maintain white control of the country
29.
What led to Nelson Mandela's election as president of South Africa? 
a)
the end of apartheid
b)
the South African War
c)
the Pan African movement
d)
civil war
30.

African American Lawyer who won the Brown v. Board of Education court case and later became the first black Supreme Court Justice.

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

MLK

c)

Huey P. Newton

d)

Malcom X

31.

Governors of Southern States who were devoted to the idea of racial segregation.

a)

George Maddox, JFK, Huey P. Newton

b)

LBJ, Lester Maddox, & Thurgood Marshall

c)

Orval Faubus, Earl Warren, & MLK

d)

Orval Faubus, George Wallace, & Lester Maddox

32.

Why was the Meadowlands significant in South Africa durind Apartheid?

a)

blacks were moved from there to Sophiatown

b)

It was the site of the Soweto Uprising

c)

It was the new homeland of blacks and minority groups after removal from Sophiatown

d)

It was the home of F W deKlerk

33.

What was one of the factors that caused the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965?

a)

President Johnson refused to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Only 2.1% of African Americans were registered to vote in Selma on the first and third Monday of every month. Many failed the literacy test after waiting in line for long periods of time

c)

Malcolm X wanted to use direct action tactics to show that African Americans wanted to vote.

d)

President Lyndon B. Johnson was ignoring the civil rights of African Americans.

34.

What is the 14th Amendment and was it completely successful?

a)

The 14th Amendment abolished slavery and protected African Americans under the law.

b)

The 14th Amendment gave women the right to vote but there was still a racial divide.

c)

The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to African Americans and equal protection under the law but it failed to protect their civil rights.

d)

The 14th Amendment granted African Americans citizenship and it was completely successful.

35.

Who were/was the founder(s) of the African National Congress?

a)

Steve Biko

b)

D.F. Malan & Desmond Tutu

c)

Robert Sobokwe

d)

Anton Lembede, Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, & Walter Sisulu

36.

What is the definition of Social Darwinism?

a)

God determines chosenness through elections

b)

Nature determines chosenness through natural selection

c)

The practice of controlled selective breeding of the human population

d)

The study of what can be known about God by observing the natural world

37.

What was the Occupation of Wounded Knee?

a)

It was the event where Natives were sent to prison.

b)

It’s what the Trail of Tears started when the Indians started dying.

c)

It was to commemorate and protest a massacre by the US government

d)

The US government occupied the town to put Natives on reservations

38.

What did the Wages Act of 1925 do in South Africa

a)

Set minimum wage for all workers

b)

White workers were the main beneficiaries of this legislation because it prevented black workers from undercutting "civilised" levels of wages.

c)

Set minimum wage for all african workers

d)

Abolished the minimum wage for all workers

39.

What is NOT TRUE of the1937 Native Laws Amendment accomplish in South Africa?

a)

It made it easier for africans to enter towns/cities

b)

It made it harder for Africans to enter towns/cities

c)

It allowed authorities to refuse Africans and force them back to the reserves if they didn’t have a job

40.

What year did Nelson Mandela get out of prison?

a)

1987

b)

1995

c)

1990

d)

1947

41.

Who was John Lewis?

a)

The leader of the African National Congress

b)

The leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Congress

c)

The chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the sixties

d)

The leader of the Pan African Congress

42.

Who was F W de Klerk?

a)

The president of South Africa than enacted Apartheid

b)

The leader of the Black Sash

c)

A member of the Black National Congress

d)

The president of South Africa known for releasing Nelson Mandela from prison

43.
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 
44.
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
45.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 bans the use of __________ by states.
a)
literacy tests
b)
poll taxes
c)
lynchings
d)
Photo ID requirements
46.
What Black Nationalist group was once led by Malcolm X?
a)
Nation of Islam
b)
SNCC
c)
CORE
d)
Black Panthers
47.
Which of the following was not one of the four race based groups under the system of Apartheid?
a)
Coloreds
b)
White
c)
Indians
d)
Europeans
48.
What was the purpose of the African National Congress (ANC)? 
a)
To draw more Europeans to the country to oppress black people
b)
To promote segregation between the races
c)
To unite South Africans to fight for equality for black South Africans
d)
To force Europeans out of their homelands
49.
Why did the National Party pass apartheid laws in 1948? 
a)
To gain independence from the British
b)
To imprison Nelson Mandela
c)
To boost the sale of gold and diamonds
d)
To maintain white control of the country
50.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of apartheid laws? 
a)
separate homelands
b)
black South Africans and white South Africans worked together
c)
black South Africans being forced to carry pass books
d)
use of separate services and buildings
51.
What was the name of Nelson Mandela's political party? 
a)
Zulu Nation
b)
African National Congress
c)
African Union
d)
Kenyan National Unity Party
52.
What was the role of F.W. deKlerk in ending apartheid? 
a)
he added new and harsher apartheid laws
b)
he began to repeal apartheid laws
c)
he worked to spread apartheid to neighboring countries
d)
he lifted segregation laws in the cities
53.
What was the significance of Nelson Mandela's election to office in South Africa? 
a)
he became the first black president
b)
he released political prisoners
c)
he united the Zulu and Ashanti people to win the election
d)
he won the election with the support of the British
54.
What was Nelson Mandela's attitude towards the people who supported apartheid laws in South Africa? 
a)
he believed they should be punished for their actions
b)
he wanted to unite all races in South Africa
c)
he wanted to turn over those leaders to the nsUnited Natio
d)
he forced those leaders out of the country