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Chapter 9/10

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In October 1929, the New York Stock Exchange experienced a drastic and rapid fall in stock prices that was known as what?

a)

Great Depression

b)

Panic of 1929

c)

New York Stock Crash

2.

The result of the stock market crashing and ended up being the worst economic depression in the nations history was known as what

a)

Panic of 1929

b)

New York Stock Crash

c)

Great Depression

3.

The white fiber in the cotton boll

a)

Lint

b)

Ginning

c)

Cotton Seed

4.

Separating fiber from seed in a cotton gin

a)

Lint

b)

Ginning

c)

Separation

5.

A small pest that migrated from Mexico through Texas, Louisiana and finally into Mississippi in 1907.

a)

Boll Weevil

b)

Cotton Pests

c)

Roaches

6.

A tax on food, clothing, and other items purchased in the open market

a)

Sales Tax

b)

Income Tax

c)

Product tax

7.

This system made it easier for farmers to get their products to the market.

a)

Farmers Market

b)

production to market roads

c)

farm-to-market roads

8.

Movement toward cities

a)

Urbanization

b)

Ruralization

c)

Immigration

9.

The social movement to secure equal treatment under the laws for blacks

a)

Social Rights Movement

b)

Civil Rights Movement

c)

Black Rights Movement

10.

Their purpose was to assist state officials in preventing the implementation of the Brown decision

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

Segregation Council

c)

Citizens Council

11.

This is in the U.S Constitution that prevents a person from being tied twice for the same crime. (This was prevalent in the Emmet Till case)

a)

Jeopardy Clause

b)

Seventh Amendment

c)

Double Jeopardy Clause

12.

An interracial organization founded in 1909 to work the abolition of segregation and discrimination to oppose racism and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights.

a)

Citizens Council

b)

NAACP

c)

NACCP

13.

This resolution interposed the state sovereignty of Mississippi between the Supreme Court's ruling on school desecration and the implementation of that ruling in MS.

a)

Resolution of Interposition

b)

Resolution of Civil Rights

c)

Interposition

14.

This was established to prevent encroachment upon the rights of this and other states by the Federal Government and to resist usurpation of the rights and powers reserved to the state.

a)

Resolution of Interposition

b)

State Sovereignty Commission

c)

State Rights Commission

15.

This allowed naval personnel to enroll in college and would lead to qualifying to become commissioned officers.

a)

College Board

b)

Navy V-12 Program

c)

Army V-12 Program

16.

This 13 member board appointed by the governor supervised the states colleges and universities

a)

College Board

b)

State Board

c)

University Board of Trustees

17.

Who was the first African American student to enroll at Ole Miss?

a)

Medgar Evers

b)

James Meridith

c)

Rosa Parks

18.

Who was the NAACP secretary who was an advocate for civil rights and was murdered outside of his home?

a)

Emmet Till

b)

Medgar Evers

c)

James Evers

19.

Law enforcement offers of a federal judicial district who carry out court orders (was used during James Meredith admission to Ole Miss)

a)

Judicial Marshalls

b)

Federal Marshalls

c)

State Marshalls

20.

A protest where people enter a public facility and refuse to live until their demands are heard.

a)

Boycott

b)

Sit In

c)

Stand In

21.

A protest in which people refuse to buy certain items until specific conditions are met

a)

Sit In

b)

Boycott

c)

Stand In

22.

A jury that is unable to agree on a verdict

a)

Hung Jury

b)

Mistrial

c)

No Trial

23.

A trial that has no legal effect because of some error in the proceedings or because of a hung jury

a)

Hung Jury

b)

Mistrial

c)

No Trial

24.

These schools were to encourage blacks to exercise their rights as American citizens.

a)

Freedom Schools

b)

NAACP

c)

Organization of Schools

25.

This person was an advocate for voting rights for African Americans. She famously said that she was "sick and tired of being sick and tired"

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Fannie Lou Hammer

c)

Emma Goldwater