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WorksheetsJFK, LBJ and the Civil Rights Movement TMHS
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?
He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.
He introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which increased equality in the American workplace.
He pressured the Supreme Court to pass a voting rights bill that made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.
He overturned the court case Dred Scott v. Sandford which led to the end of slavery in the United States.
Which of these is best described in the list above?
Fourteenth Amendment
Civil Rights Act
March on Washington
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed on April 4th, 1968. His death hit the American people very hard and caused a series of riots in over 100 cities throughout the United States. King of was a leader of which of the following movements?
civil rights
emancipation
women's suffrage
independence
Which important figure of the 1960s is described above?
Martin Luther King, Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The policy of "separate but equal" was used to
increase the number of political parties.
justify the practice of legal racial segregation.
prevent the passage of unfair laws.
halt the creation of independent school districts.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?
denying the right to vote based on race or color
denying the right to vote based on gender
allowing people to vote multiple times
allowing people under the age of 21 to vote
Cesar Chávez was a migrant farm worker who wanted to improve the lives of other migrant workers. Which of the following best completes the diagram above?
Cesar Chávez married Helen Fabela and had eight children.
Cesar Chávez was arrested for decreasing production on migrant farms.
Grape growers in California accepted the United Farm Workers union.
Migrant workers ignored Cesar Chávez and his attempts to help.
What were the laws designed to keep white people and black people apart called?
Segregation Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Seperation Laws
Separate but Equal Laws
What is the keeping of white and black people separate called?
Segregation
Seperation
Keeping Apart
Division
Which of the following were examples of places that were segregated during the Civil Rights Movement?
Busses
Restrooms/Water Fountains
Houses
All of the above
Which important Civil Rights figure refused to give up his/her spot on the bus after a long day of work?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr. believed that African Americans could gain their rights by protesting against unfair laws in what way?
Violently
By fighting
With a Civil War
Peacefully
Which law banned discrimination of any American because of their race, religion, or color?
The Civil Disobedience Act
The Civil Rights Act
Rights Law
Right to be Civil Act
The main goal of the freedom riders was to
pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses
inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow
encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda
desegregate urban bus systems in the south
Which is NOT an event led by the SNCC?
peaceful protests
sit ins
freedom rides
violent demonstrations
Why were federal troops sent to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?
to stop race riots
to enforce voting laws to allow African Americans to vote
to protect African American students who were attending an all-white high school
to arrest black students who were sitting at a whites-only lunch counter
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Ended segregation in schools
Ended discrimination based on race, religion, gender, or national origin.
Gave all African Americans who were born in the United States the right to vote.
Gave all people the right to sit wherever they wanted on the city bus.
8.What organization did Cesar Chaves create and what did it fight for?
Brown Berets; Black Power
United Farm Workers; better pay and working conditions for migrant farmers
Black Panthers: Black power movement and defense of black communities
American Communist Party: Inspire communist revolution in America
9.What was the impact of the Chicano Mural movement?
It raised awareness for Mexican American culture and their issues
It cost millions to clean up cities
It lead to an increase in organized crime
It lead to increased presence of INS
11.What was the ruling of Hernandez v Texas
Citizens must be read their rights when arrested
Minorities are protected under the 14th Amendment: Cannot be excluded from juries
Schools must have equal funding
Segregation in schools is unconstituional
Which of the following best describes the 1957 events at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?
Governor Faubus resisted the school’s integration with National Guard troops, and President Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce integration.
President Eisenhower sent National Guard troops to resist the school’s integration, but Governor Faubus obtained a court order to dismiss them.
President Eisenhower and Governor Faubus worked together to make the integration process run as smoothly as possible.
MLK and X were very similar in their ideologies
Strongly Agree
Mostly Agree
Agree
Mostly Disagree
Strongly Disagree
"Black people shouldn't be non-violent unless white people are going to be nonviolent."
What types of images might be present in an environmentalist piece of art?
cities
portraits of families and the artist
the inside of a building
forests, rivers, national parks
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the A.I.M.
Help Native Americans living in poverty
Revive traditional Indian cultures
Restore federal recognition of Indian tribes
Have representation in U.S. Congress
The American Indian Movement (AIM) was created because young Native Americans ....
Wanted to make money off from media attention.
Felt anger over poverty, unemployment, and neglect for Native rights.
Wanted more revenue from reservation casinos.
Wanted to violently take back their tribal lands.
The goal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was to end segregation by…
refusing to use segregated facilities.
using force against police.
arming civil rights activists.
using non-violent methods of protest.
What does SNCC stand for?
Southern Natives Communication Committee
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Students Not Computer Controllers
Southern Native Civil Commission
Hernandez v. Texas determined that...
Mexican Americans had equal protection under the law
Mexican Americans could have a jury of their peers
Schools had to change financing policies.
Segregation was illegal.
This was the first case in which Mexican-American lawyers had appeared before the US Supreme Court.
The ultimate effect of this ruling was that the protection of the 14th Amendment was ruled to cover any national or ethnic groups of the United States for which discrimination could be proved.
White v. Regester
Wisonsin v. Yoder
Hernandez v. Texas
Edgewood ISD v. Kirby
Who won the 1960 presidential election?
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Why is the 1960 presidential election significant?
First televised presidential debate
First time two communists run for president
First time two candidates agreed with each other
First time two Republicans run for president
What is the name for JFK's legislative agenda?
New Deal
New Frontier
Great Society
Fresh Start
What FAILED (Ineffective) invasion of Cuba was led by Cuban exiles in an attempt to overthrow the socialist government?
Bay of Turtles
Bay of Horses
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Dogs
Why did President Kennedy cancel airsport for the Bay of Pigs invasion?
He wanted to keep the U.S.'s involvement a secret
He wanted to use nuclear weapons
He wanted to use the U.S. Navy
He wanted to make the Soviet Union happy
Who was JFK's vice-president who becomes president once he is assassinated?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
The term "Great Society" came to represent
the glamorous image fo the Kennedy Administration
the antion's anti-communist agenda
Michael Harrington's affluent society
the domestic programs of the Johnson Administration
Which of the following factors contributed to the victory of John F. Kennedy in the 1960 Presidential election?
He was a self made man
he had a strong southern support
He represented a spirit of hope and change
He promised to eliminate poverty
Why did Kennedy expand the space program?
to bolster the nation's prestige and power in the face of several foreign policy setbacks
in order to install nuclear weapons in space
to fulfill his campaign promise to put a man on the moon
to shift the focus away from his domestic policy failures
