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Civil Rights CA Review-U.S.

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Civil Rights leader created CORE in 1942.

a)

James Farmer

b)

Huey Newton

c)

Medger Evers

d)

Fannie Lou Hamer

2.

Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP who was murdered at his home in 1963.

a)

James Farmer

b)

Medger Evers

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Fannie Lou Hamer

3.
Thurgood Marshall became _______.
a)
a president of the United States.
b)
a principal in a school who fought racism.
c)
the first African American on the Supreme Court.
d)
one of the authors of the constitution.
4.
Marshall took the case "Brown vs. the Board of Education" to the Supreme Court and won. What were the results of this success?
a)
It gave Linda Brown the freedom to attend the school close to her home.
b)
It showed that "separate but equal" was not truly equal.
c)
It ended all segregation in public schools.
d)
All answers are correct.
5.

Which of the following was the first African American to enroll in Ole Miss?

a)

James Farmer

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

James Meredith

d)

Medgar Evers

6.

Organizations that were originally non-violent, such as SNCC & CORE, eventually began to follow more hostile leaders such as Malcom X & Stockley Carmichael.

a)

True

b)

False

7.
Once Carmichael adopted the Black Panther as his organization's symbol, he began to be more militant.
a)
True
b)
False
8.

Which pairings are paired correctly?

a)

Dejure segregation = by law

b)

Defacto segregation = by custom

c)

Defacto segregation = by law

d)

Dejure segregation = by custom

9.
Who leads the SNCC to become more militant?
a)
Stokely Carmichael
b)
Martin Luther King Jr
c)
Emmett Till
d)
Malcolm X
10.

Who started the Black Panthers?

a)

Malcolm X and Huey Newton

b)

Bobby Seale and Rosa Parks

c)

Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

d)

MLK jr. and Malcolm X

11.

What was the signature clothing style that characterized the Panthers?

a)

red jacket, white beret

b)

Black leather jacket, black beret

c)

brown jacket, brown beret

d)

olive green jacket, green beret

12.

_________to separate people because of their race.

a)

discrimination

b)

segregation

c)

civil rights

13.

A person or group who is treated unfairly because of age, gender, or skin color is called _____________.

a)

segregation

b)

discrimination

c)

protest

14.

Refusing not to buy or use something is to __________.

a)

civility

b)

boycott

c)

compassion

15.

The _______________________ was a movement that used peaceful methods(Civil disobedience) to end segregation in America and give African Americans equal rights.

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

civility

c)

segregation

16.

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

17.

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

18.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
19.

Who ordered the national guard to stop the Little Rock Nine on their first day of school?

a)

The president

b)

A senator

c)

The principal

d)

The major

e)

The governor

20.

What president sent the U.S. Army to protect the Little Rock Nine?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

e)

John F. Kennedy

21.
King mentions the writers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence  because they
a)
faced poverty and discrimination.
b)
issued promissory notes to United States banks.
c)
believed in equality of rights for all
d)
eliminated slavery.
22.

What was Truman's greatest contribution to the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Desegregation of schools

b)

Passage of the 24th Amendment

c)

Integration of the military's troops

d)

Putting a man on the moon.

23.
Court case that ruled that segregated schools are inherently unequal, ending the separate but equal doctrine.
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Sweatt v. Painter
d)
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
24.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
25.

Which of the following were associated with Civil Disobedience?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Stokely Carmichael

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Malcolm X

26.

Martin Luther King Jr. used civil disobedience to gain attention for the civil rights movement.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Jim Crow laws

a)

Segregated blacks and whites

b)

Killed minorities

c)

Resulted in slavery

d)

Were ended after the Civil War

28.

Civil disobedience refers to standing up against unfair laws or policies using _________.

a)

riots

b)

violence

c)

nonviolence

d)

any means necessary

29.

What is the central idea of "Civil Disobedience"?

a)

People must overthrow the government.

b)

Most government will do its best for its citizens.

c)

The fewer people who run the government, the better.

d)

Citizens should be willing to act on their own sense of right and wrong.

30.
What main problem does MLK address in the "I Have a Dream" speech?
a)
African Americans still do not have the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and Declaration of Independence
b)
African Americans do not have the same religious freedom as other groups
c)
African Americans have more rights than whites and are discriminating against them
d)
No one reads the speeches of Abraham Lincoln anymore

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