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Era of Activism

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the purpose of a sit-in?
a)
to rest after a long march or protest
b)
to write letters or travel to give a speech
c)
to cause a non-violent disruption to a business or area
d)
to purchase products that are helpful to people or the environment
2.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s work to change unfair laws was caused by a desire for people to be treated fairly. What was an effect of King’s work?
a)
Martin Luther King Jr. led marches and gave speeches.
b)
Equal rights laws were passed, so Americans are treated fairly.
c)
African Americans and whites went to separate schools.
3.

MLK believed in civil disobedience.

a)

True

b)

False

4.
African-American muslim civil rights activist
a)
Earl Warren
b)
James Meredith
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Jackie Robinson
5.
 Using your background knowledge, decide which Civil Rights leader stated these words:
"Black people shouldn't be non-violent unless white people are going to be nonviolent."
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
6.
Protests such as marches, sit-ins, and boycotts
a)
Violent Protest
b)
Non-violent Protest 
7.
Which group was against peaceful protest and violently protected black communities?
a)
Nation of Islam
b)
Black Power Movement
c)
NAACP
d)
Black Panthers
8.
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
a)
let African Americans ride the bus.
b)
deny someone of a job because of their race.
c)
fire someone for not doing their job.
d)
kick someone out of the military.
9.
 Which Civil Rights leader followed the ideas of Mohandas Ghandi?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
10.

What happened to Rosa Parks because she would not get out of her seat on the bus?

a)

The bus driver left her alone.

b)

Rosa Parks was sent to jail.

c)

The bus driver found her another seat on the bus.

d)

Rosa Parks worked all day.

11.

Which vocab words means: Unjust treatment

a)

segregation

b)

discrimination

c)

custody

12.

U.S. Supreme Court case that made segregation legal in the U.S. - created the "seperate but equal" principle.

a)

Plessy V. Ferguson

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Hernanadez V. Texas

d)

Miranda V. Arizona

13.

Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

a)

Sweatt V. Painter

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Plessy V. Ferguson

d)

Hernandez V. Texas

14.

AIM - organization founded in Minnesota for Native Americans

a)

American Irish Movement

b)

Indian American Movement

c)

American Native Movement

d)

American Indian Movement

15.

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

a)

WAC

b)

HUAC

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

16.

During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Little Rock Nine

c)

Atomic Bombs

d)

Flying Tigers

17.

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

a)

March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Mass Support Demonstrations

d)

Little Rock Nine

18.

What group/individuals sought to improve the treatment of migrant workers through boycotts and strikes?

a)

SNCC, Martin Luther King

b)

Black Panthers, Newton

c)

United Farm Workers Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

d)

Immigration Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

19.
Which event led to the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama?
a)
a riot in Montgomery
b)
the CORE sit-in
c)
the arrest of Rosa Parks
d)
a church bombing
20.

To end the system of separating races.

a)

inflation

b)

Fair Deal

c)

closed shop

d)

desegregate

21.

The symbol for the Black Power Movement became a raised--

a)

fist

b)

flag

c)

afro

d)

funds

22.

Can only be changed by changing people way of thinking. Exists by custom and practice

a)

de jure segregation

b)

de facto segregation

c)

white flight

23.

“call for black people to begin to define their own goals . . . [and] to lead their own organizations.”

a)

Black Panthers

b)

White Flight

c)

Black Power

24.

President Kennedy was assassinated .........

a)

in New York, in 2001

b)

in Dallas, in 2001

c)

in New York, in 1963

d)

in Dallas, in 1963

25.

What were the laws that separated black people from white people called?

a)

Black laws

b)

Crow laws

c)

Jim Crow laws

d)

John Deere laws

26.

Segregation laws .......

a)

made sure children went to school.

b)

kept black people and white people separate.

c)

made sure all people could vote.

d)

kept people from driving too fast.

27.

What is a migrant worker?

a)

Someone who loves to eat

b)

Someone who travels from place to place to work

c)

Someone who likes to color

28.

Which of the following did Cesar Chavez NOT use to help him with his strike?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Mahatma Ghandi

c)

President Obama

29.

What union did Cesar Chavez start?

a)

Community Service Organization

b)

La Causa

c)

Huelga

d)

National Farm Workers Association

30.

what is feminism👩🏼‍🎓?

a)

the idea that women should have equal political, economical and social rights

b)

the idea that women should have the right to vote

c)

the idea that women should be placed higher than men in society

d)

the idea that girls should have equal political, social, and economical rights

31.

Leader in Women's Liberation Movement organized NOW (National Organization of Women) wrote the Feminine Mystique

a)

Phyllis Schlafy

b)

Betty Friedan

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Jackie Kennedy

32.

A constitutional right to an abortion is established, though the court laid down a trimester criteria in determining whether states can impose restrictions

a)

Regents of California v. Bakke,

b)

Roe v. Wade, 1973

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969

d)

Texas v. Johnson, 1991

33.

Removed barriers to black enfranchisement in the South, banning poll taxes, literacy tests, and other measures that effectively prevented African Americans from voting -

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1865

c)

Votings Rights Act of 1982

34.

The culture of the young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 1960's seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love and individual freedom.

a)

Counterculture

b)

Feminism

c)

Woodstock

d)

United Hippie Movement

35.

A free music festival that attracted more that 400,000 young people to a farm in upstate New York in August 1969.

a)

Counterculture

b)

Hippie Parade

c)

Woodstock

d)

La Raza Concerto

36.
What was the most dramatic example of the counterculture movement?
a)
Hippies
b)
Beat Movement
c)
Flappers
d)
Lost Generation
37.

Hippie Community that rejected mainstream society by living together with shared property and money with flexible and loose relationships.

a)

Communes

b)

Hippies

c)

The Beatles

d)

Woodstock

38.

These provided free or low-cost medical insurance to welfare recipients and most Americans age 65 and older.

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Economic Opportunity Act

c)

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

d)

Medicare and Medicaid

39.

Who wrote Unsafe at Any Speed, which criticized the automobile industry?

a)

Rachel Carson

b)

Ralph Nader

c)

Sargent Shriver

d)

Barry Goldwater

40.
Clean Water Act 1972
a)
established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. 
b)
U.S. federal law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation's surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas. Passed in 1972 and amended in 1977 and 1987, the Clean Water Actwas originally 
c)
legislation that grants public access to documents or other data in the possession of a government agency or public authority, unless the information falls into a category that is specifically excluded from the terms of the legislation.
41.
This act  was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment. This act was also established to handle problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and air toxics.
a)
Clean Air Act
b)
Clean Water Act
c)
Energy Policy Act
d)
Department of Energy
42.
This is the federal organization that ensures that all Americans are protected against specific hazards to the environment and human health where they learn, work and live.
a)
Department of Energy
b)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
c)
Environmental Protection Agency
d)
Energy Policy Act

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