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Chapter 25, Lesson 3 Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After Malcolm X broke with the Nation of ___________, he continued to criticize the organization and was eventually killed by some of its members.

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Buddism

d)

KKK

2.

What is racism?

a)

prejudice or discrimination toward people because of their race

b)

prejudice or discrimination toward people because of their religion

c)

the celebration of race

d)

the celebration of the South

3.

Who concluded that an integrated society was possible after he made his pilgrimage in 1964?

a)

MLK

b)

LBJ

c)

JFK

d)

Malcolm X

4.

The "X" in Malcolm X's name stood as a symbol for what?

a)

His African ancestors who were enslaved

b)

His brother who was shot by a cop

c)

His dad who was lynched

d)

All of his supporters

5.

What trapped many African Americans in the inner city during the 50's and 60's?

a)

Police brutality

b)

Laws

c)

Poverty

d)

Overpopulation

6.

The Kerner Commission blamed the problems of inner cities on what?

a)

overpopulation

b)

poverty

c)

racism

d)

violence

7.

The Chicago Movement was an attempt to call attention to what?

a)

deplorable housing conditions many African American families faced

b)

efforts being made to improve African American neighborhoods

c)

Kerner Commission's recommendation to create 2 million inner city jobs

d)

riot during the Democratic National Convention in 1968

8.

What group called for an end to racial oppression and for control of major institutions in the African American community?

a)

Black Muslims

b)

Black Panthers

c)

CORE

d)

SNCC

9.

Even though Malcolm X became the symbol of the black power movement that was sweeping the nation by the early 1960's, it was ____________ who first coined the phrase and described what it meant?

a)

Bobby Seale

b)

Stokely Carmichael

c)

Eldridge Cleaver

d)

Malcolm X

10.

Malcolm X was assassinated by ___________?

a)

Police officers who were trying to arrest him for inciting a riot

b)

Followers of Martin Luther King, Jr., who believed that Malcolm's message was anti-Christian and violent

c)

Members in the Nation of Islam who followed Elijah Muhammad

d)

Members of the Black Panther's who saw Malcolm as too much of a threat against their organization.

11.

What happened to the Civil Rights Movement after MLK's assassination?

a)

The movement was more energized than what it was with King alive.

b)

Many African Americans joined the Black Power Movement and that movement became the new voice of the Civil Rights Movement in this country.

c)

The Civil Rights Movement began to fragment after King's death.

d)

The oppression against black people ended in this country.

12.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in the city of __________ on April 4, 1968.

a)

Memphis

b)

Nashville

c)

Chattanooga

d)

Knoxville