WorksheetsUnit 7 The Struggle for Justice Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Civil Rights leader and minister who believed deeply in the power of nonviolent protest.
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr.
The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation was
the “children’s crusade” in Birmingham.
the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.
the mass march on Washington D.C.
the Selma, Alabama voting rights campaign.
Black Muslim leader who urged blacks to separate from white society and formed the Nation of Islam (also known as the Black Muslims).
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
President who ordered soldiers to protect African-American students trying to integrate white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
President who demanded Congress pass a sweeping civil rights law but did not live to see it enacted.
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
President who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
NAACP lawyer who argued the Brown v. Board of Education case and later became a Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
Stokely Carmichael
Jackie Robinson
Rosa Parks
Activist whose protest helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Stokely Carmichael
Jackie Robinson
Rosa Parks
Robert Kennedy
Civil Rights leader who became impatient with nonviolence and called for “Black Power”.
Stokely Carmichael
Jackie Robinson
Rosa Parks
Robert Kennedy
First African American to play in the major leagues, breaking the color barrier.
Thurgood Marshall
Stokely Carmichael
Jackie Robinson
Robert Kennedy
The Attorney General who had the Interstate Commerce Commission prohibit segregation in buses, trains, and planes.
Thurgood Marshall
Stokely Carmichael
Robert Kennedy
Rosa Parks
What event led to African Americans believing the time had come to demand equal treatment?
WWI
WWII
the Korean War
the Vietnam War
The Supreme Court declares “separate but equal” unconstitutional in
Plessy v. Ferguson
Morgan v. Virginia
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Parks v. Marshall
What event started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr. came to Montgomery, Alabama and asked African Americans to stop riding the buses.
John F. Kennedy desegregated buses across the country.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
African American students demanded to be allowed to attend the same schools as their white counterparts.
What was NOT a reaction to the Supreme Court decision that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional in the South?
Schools stayed segregated.
Ku Klux Klan became more active.
Sit-ins in Washington D.C.
“Southern Manifesto”
An attempt by 9 high school students to enroll in Central High School in Little Rock led to
banning the use of different voter registration standards for blacks and whites.
Elizabeth Eckford facing an angry crowd all by herself.
President Eisenhower sending in troops to protect the students.
the founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
In order to better include youth in the Civil Rights Movement, the _____ is founded.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Black Panthers Movement
Black Power Movement
Members of SCLC use _____ to desegregate lunch counters throughout the South.
boycott
sit-ins
riots
speeches
The success of Civil Rights Movement were the efforts of
organized groups.
central organizing committees.
Martin Luther King Jr.
ordinary people.
This organization focused on challenging the laws that restricted civil rights.
NAACP
CORE
SCLC
National Urban League
This organization helped African Americans who moved to major cities from the rural South.
NAACP
National Urban League
CORE
SCLC
This organization was established by Martin Luther King & African American clergy in 1957 who advocated nonviolent protest & did not resist attack by opponents.
CORE
SNCC
National Urban League
SCLC
The members of this organization were considered the "foot soldiers" of the Civil Rights Movement.
CORE
SCLC
National Urban League
SNCC
Dedicated to end discrimination through peaceful methods, this organization was founded in 1942 by a group of interracial group of students at the University of Chicago.
NAACP
SNCC
CORE
SCLC
What was the goal of the Freedom Rides?
Force bus companies to allow African Americans to ride.
Bring national attention to violence against African Americans.
Join the Selma to Montgomery march.
Test a Supreme Court ruling that desegregated buses.
What was the result of the televised violence that Americans saw that occurred during the Freedom Rides?
The Civil Rights Act was passed.
People demanded that the Freedom Riders be arrested for breaking the law.
People were horrified and demanded that the FBI get involved to arrest the people who attacked the demonstrators.
Attorney General Robert Kennedy had the Interstate Commerce Commission prohibit segregation in buses, planes, and trains.
Civil Rights activist James Meredith tests Mississippi’s compliance to a Supreme Court decision. by trying to enroll and attend "Ole Miss". What was the result of his attempt?
The federal government had to step in and the education system across the South continues to desegregate.
James Meredith was able to enroll and attended the University without any issues.
James Meredith withdrew from the university because the professors refused to teach him.
The federal government changed the law so the south could continue to segrate public buildings.
What was the goal behind the massive demonstration in segregated Birmingham, Alabama?
MLK hoped demonstrators would be attacked so the federal government would step in and support civil rights.
MLK hoped that Bull Connors would be arrested for placing over 600 children in prison for protesting.
Change the direction of the movement away from peaceful demonstration to move aggressive forms of protest.
Prepare African Americans for the March on Washington.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the nonviolent protest style connected to the early CIvil Rights Movement?
By 1962, Civil Rights became a national movement.
People began to turn away from the Civil Rights Movement because it wasn't moving faster toward equality.
Many Americans felt sympathy for the protestors because of the brutal treatment they endured.
Pressure intensifies on Washington to create Civil Rights legislation.
The goal of the _____was to persuade Congress to pass Kennedy’s civil rights bill in 1963.
Freedom Summer
March on Washington
Selma to Montgomery march
Freedom Rides
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did all of the following EXCEPT:
Banned the use of different voter registration standards for blacks and whites.
Prohibited discrimination in public areas.
Withheld federal funds to programs that practiced discrimination.
Allowed segregation of churches.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Selma to Montgomery March?
President Johnson had marchers protected by the national guard.
President Johnson promised to pass a law to protect voting rights.
The opinions of many Americans were changed in favor of the marchers when they saw the violence committed against them.
The Civil Right Act of 1964 was passed
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
Opened voting rights to everyone who lived in the United States.
Eliminated literacy tests and other barriers to voting.
Changed the age requirements so 18-year-olds could vote.
Changed the age requirements so 18-year-olds could vote.
Who was the president that got the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts passed
Richard Nixon
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
What did the 24th Amendment do?
eliminated the Poll Tax
ended voter registration
outlawed De Jure segregation
outlawed De Facto segregation
The goal of the Freedom Summer was to
get voting laws changed.
organize the march on Washington.
promote bus boycotts throughout the U.S.
register African Americans to vote.
Leader who advocated a confrontational, radical plan to gain civil rights, and promoted Black Nationalism.
Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
A movement for African Americans to unite, recognize heritage, build community, define their own goals and to lead their own communities.
Black Growth
Black Nationalism
Black Power
Pan Africanism
Which of the following is NOT associated with the Black Power Movement?
violent encounters with police
Malcom X
peaceful protests
the Black Panthers
Founder of the Black Power Movement was
Stokely Carmichael
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
John Lewis
The Black Panthers wanted all the following EXCEPT
led peaceful protests across the United States.
to lead their own communities.
police their own neighborhoods
demand that the government rebuild inner cities to make up for years of neglect.
A result of the rise of the Black Panthers was
Martin Luther King Jr. ran for president.
Malcolm X was assassinated.
the movement became more popular with white Americans.
a split in the Civil Rights Movement.
De jure segregation is segregation that results from
laws
random chance
habit
inequalities in education
Which of the following is an example of de facto segregation?
poll taxes
Jim Crow laws
“Colored Only” drinking fountain
a voter literacy test given to African Americans in the South
What was the goal of black separatists?
Create a separate nation for African Americans within the United States.
Protect African American neighborhoods from the police.
Begin a free-lunch program for African American students in public schools.
Gain the release of all African Americans who were in prison.
What event eclipsed the Civil Rights Movement at the end of the 1960s?
the Vietnam War
social and economic problems
the Watergate break in
the movement for equal rights for women
Name the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington.
Our God is Marching On
Letter from Birmingham
A Call for Unity
I Have a Dream
What was the outcome of Loving v. Virginia?
It allowed states to decide who could vote.
People of different races could now legally marry.
Issued racial quotas to favor minority groups in hiring and education.
It ended the quota system for hiring in the federal government.
A government policy that institutes racial quotas to favor groups that suffer from discrimination is known as
affirmative action.
disenfranchisement.
landmark legislation.
miscegenation.
What was the goal of Affirmative Action?
Improve education and employment for all Americans.
End the quota system in America.
Desegregate the school system in Detroit.
Assure integration of schools by busing children so they could have better opportunities.
