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WorksheetsThe Civil Rights Movement Review 2022
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 14mins
What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?
Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.
Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism
OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA
Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty
What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?
Guzman V. School
Brown V. Board of Education
Miranda V. Arizona
Plessy V. Ferguson
Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent protest and civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?
Dolores Huerta
Malcom X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ceaser Chavez
During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?
Tuskegee Airmen
Little Rock Nine
Atomic Bombs
Flying Tigers
segregate people in public facilities by their race.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for to vote
Black nationalist leader and head of the Nation of Islam who preached that blacks needed to fight for their freedom “by any means necessary”. He was assassinated in 1965.
Washington
Lincoln
Trump
NASA
They traveled south to test whether Interstate Bus Terminals had desegregated according to rulings by the Supreme Court. They were met with violence throughout their journey.
Freedom Leaders
Freedom Lovers
The Act that eliminated literacy tests which had been used to disqualified many African American voters.
Physical and Mental
Social and economic
Unusual and Universal
External and Arbitrary
How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 contribute to the changes shown in this table?
It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites
It increased state revenues associated with poll taxes
It contributed to increased involvement of lobbyists in political campaigns.
It helped voters determine educational policy based on literacy test results.
In his "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail", Dr. King said, "I would agree with Saint Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'"
This statement was used by Dr. King to show support for-
Social Darwinism
Separation of church and state
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Disobedience
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., spoke his famous I Have A Dream speech. This speech expressed his desire to--
unite all churches into one religion
establish religious freedom for Americans
replace racial segregation with an integrated society
create a seperate nation for African Americans within the US
MMA Fighting
Rugby
Field Hockey
Baseball
What is Title IX
A Law allowing males to have the same opportunities as females
A Law allowing women to have the same opportunities as males
A law that makes female sports illegal
No such thing as Title IX
Laws that enforced racial segregation while violating the 14th Amendment were called
Miranda Rights
Jim Crow Laws
Integration Laws
Suffrage Laws
True or False: In 1948, President Truman used Exec. Order 9981 to desegregate the U.S. Military.
True
False
Also called passive resistance, it is the refusal to comply with certain laws and to pay fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
Grape Boycott
Freedom Rides
Civil Disobedience
Montgomery Bus Boycott
According to King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail", the purpose of Civil Disobedience is to?
begin the bombings of homes and churches.
create tension so that people have to confront an issue.
not bring lawlessness but instead a higher form of lawfulness
lose the sympathy of the religious community and moderate whites.
The March on Washington in 1963 was most famous because...
A. it caused race riots in the nation's Capital.
B. 200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote in 1963.
C. the KKK became an illegal organization as a result of the march.
D. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous ,"I Have a Dream" speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands of people to help the Civil Rights movement.
In a speech in 1963, he defined Black Power as "a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community
Stokley Carmichael
Martin Luther King
John Lewis
He was critical of the nonviolent protests of the Civil Rights Movement. Instead, he believed that African Americans should advance themselves by "any means necessary."
Malcom X
MLK
Abraham Lincoln
Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.
Baby Boom
Baby Gap
GI Bill
Transistor
When soldiers returned home from World War II, what helped them get lower mortgage rates and paid for their continued education?
The Consitution
Veteran's Fund
G.I. Bill of Rights
Military Service Reimbursement Bill
These "super" structures connected multiple states across the country. Built during the Cold War in case of a nuclear attack
Transcontinental Railroad
Amtrak Rail System
Federal Highway System
Old Town Road
Why didn't William Levitt want to sell to African Americans?
Because he thought the values of the home would drop drastically
Because he wasn't allowed to by law
Because they weren't veterans
Examine the cartoon. What aspect of American society in the 1950s was the cartoonist making?
high culture
stay-at-home moms
suburban conformity
planned obsolescence
Singer from Memphis, Tennessee whose music awoke of generation of young people to the sounds of rock n' roll
Elvis Presley
Little Richard
Bill Haley and the Comets
James Dean
After the war, the ___?___ replaced radio and movies as the main entertainment for American families.
television
YouTube
internet
community swimming pool
