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Early CR

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
a)
Integration
b)
Conflagration
c)
Confederation
d)
Segregation
2.

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

a)

Texas vs. Johnson

b)

Tinker vs. DesMoines

c)

Brown vs. Board of Education

d)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

3.

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

a)

Keep public facilities cleaner

b)

keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

c)

keep the races pure

d)

keep African-Americans from voting

4.

Tests given to African Americans at the voting polls.

a)

Literacy Tests

b)

Voting tests

c)

Government Tests

d)

Poll tests

5.

What areas were racially segregated?

a)

Schools

b)

Housing

c)

Public Transportation

d)

All of these answers

6.

Which amendment granted African American males ( no females) the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

1st

d)

14th

7.

Which word means "The Right To Vote"

a)

Democracy

b)

Elections

c)

Suffrage

d)

Rights

8.

Where Were Jim Crow Laws Mainly Used?

a)

Eastern Shore

b)

South

c)

North

9.
Segregation in the South was mainly based on 
a)
hair color
b)
religion
c)
race (color of the skin)
d)
economic status
10.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
11.

How did the ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson relate to the 14th amendment?

a)

It said that separate but equal was unfair

b)

It created laws that separated blacks and whites.

c)

It created laws that desegregated blacks and whites forever

d)

It created laws to unify America

12.
Beginning as a social club for former Confederates, this organization terrorized African Americans across the country.
a)
Fraternal Order of Elks
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freemasons
d)
Illuminati
13.

Jim Crow laws

a)

Segregated blacks and whites

b)

Killed minorities

c)

Resulted in slavery

d)

Were ended after the Civil War

14.

This was the Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in America

a)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Garrett v. NFL

15.

Forcing a person to pay a fee to vote is called a

a)

Poll tax

b)

Lynching

c)

Literacy Test

d)

Grandfather clause

16.

A political murder of an African American to intimidate called a

a)

Grandfather Clause

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Poll Tax

d)

Lynching

17.

This Black leader was born in the north and was the first African American to graduate with a Ph.D from Harvard University

a)

Malcolm X

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

18.

The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson said that whites and blacks could be segregated if accommodations were

a)

Hot and Cold

b)

Even and uneven

c)

Separate but equal

d)

Fair and equal

19.

True or False: It was illegal for black and whites to get married during the Jim Crow era?

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False: restaurants in the south had to build a wall separating whites in blacks if they were eating in the same room during the Jim Crow era?

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False: black students and white students could go to school together in southern states during the Jim Crow Era?

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False: it was illegal for school textbooks to be used by white and black students during the Jim Crow era

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Forcing a person to read a paragraph before they were allowed to vote is called a

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Lynching

24.

True or False: It was illegal for black and whites to get married during the Jim Crow era?

a)

True

b)

False

25.
The Great Migration refers to the shift of the African­American  population from the
a)
rural South to the rural North
b)
rural North to the rural South
c)
urban South to the urban North
d)
rural South to the urban North
26.
It was hard for black people to find jobs in the south because of __________, which made segregation legal.
a)
Jim Crow laws
b)
Slave laws
c)
Segregational Act of 1900
d)
Civil Rights
27.
What area of New York did many African Americans move to?  It became known for artistic, poetic, intellectual and musical creativity.
a)
The Bronx
b)
Harlem
c)
Staten Island
d)
Queens
28.
Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is illegal to:
a)
Allow children to work long hours in factories
b)
Segregate schools based on people’s skin color
c)
Pay black people less than white people for similar work
d)
Return an escaped slave to his/her master  
29.
 An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was
a)
Harriet B. Stowe
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Michelle Obama
d)
Coretta King
30.
 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
March from  Selma to Montgomery
31.
How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?
a)
It gave free transportation to African Americans
b)
It segregated buses in America
c)
 It made Rosa Parks lots of money
d)
It helped de-segregate buses in America
32.
What strategy did MLK NOT use when fighting for equal rights?
a)
Sit-ins
b)
Marches
c)
Protests
d)
Violent Riots
33.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

34.

College students used _____ to protest against segregation in diners and at lunch counters.

a)

sit-ins

b)

freedom rides

c)

speeches

d)

death threats

35.

Segregation is ...

a)

separate facilities for minority groups

b)

racial segregation separated african americans and whites

c)

separate but equal, were usually not equal

d)

all of the above

36.

Integration is ...

a)

desegregation (opposite of segregation)

b)

creating equal opportunities

c)

combining african americans and whites

d)

all of the above

37.

Protesters rode buses to protest segregation in train/bus stations, the bus trips were called:

a)

segregation

b)

freedom riders

c)

boycott

d)

integration rides

38.

What caused the abuses of Jim Crow laws to be known by everyone?

a)

the bus boycott

b)

the march on Washington

c)

television

d)

radio

39.

Name the civil rights leader who was Islamic and believed white Americans would never support equal rights.

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Booker T. Washington

40.

What did the civil rights movement accomplish?

a)

It immediately improved rights for women.

b)

It improved rights and opportunities for African Americans.

c)

It improved the rights for Japanese Americans.

d)

It gave all African American men jobs.

41.

How did television help the civil rights movement?

a)

It brought entertainment to those who were being punished.

b)

It distracted those who were part of the civil rights.

c)

It gave African Americans performance opportunities.

d)

Average Americans were able to see the violence and protests.

42.

The Civil Rights Act declared that ...

a)

discrimination could not be based on someone's effort

b)

discrimination could not be based on race, color, or origin

c)

discrimination based on ability to perform a job was illegal

d)

discrimination could not be based on gender

43.

How did Martin Luther King, Jr. accomplish his goals?

a)

civil disobedience and nonviolence

b)

civil disobedience and violence

c)

aggressive and violent protests

d)

segregation and violent actions

44.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X differed in their:

a)

willingness to speak publicly

b)

Opposition to segregation

c)

Desire to help African Americans

d)

Methods of Protest

45.

In prison, Malcolm X ______ the Nation of Islam

a)

Joined

b)

Founded

c)

Criticized

d)

Left

46.

The Nation of Islam is to black nationalism as Martin Luther King, Jr. is to

a)

The Civil Rights Movement

b)

The Black Supremacy

c)

Nonviolent Protest

d)

White Supremacy

47.

The "X" in Malcolm X represents his rejection of:

a)

His childhood

b)

The Legacy of Slavery

c)

Religion

d)

Friends and Family

48.

According to Malcolm X, mainstream civil rights leaders were:

a)

Too aggressive

b)

Not politically engaged enough

c)

Corrupt

d)

Too optimistic

49.

On his pilgrimage to Mecca, what did Malcom X see that changed his perspective on race relations?

a)

People of all races worshipping together

b)

Black people in position of power

c)

White people being oppressed

d)

Discrimination against Arabs

50.

Malcolm X spoke out for African Americans' __________ during the Civil Rights era.

a)

Optimism

b)

Confidence

c)

Apathy

d)

Frustration

51.

What did the Black Panthers NOT do?

a)

Organise free breakfast clubs

b)

Organise free medical clinics

c)

Patrol the streets

d)

Organise sit-ins

52.

Who set up Black Power?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Bobby Seale

c)

Tommie Smith

d)

Stokely Carmichael

53.

Which can we infer about the Black Panthers?

a)

They reacted to oppression and racial injustices

b)

They were militant and only sought to cause harm

c)

They only used non-violence

d)

They were created by MLK jr.

54.

What was the signature clothing style that characterized the Panthers?

a)

red jacket, white beret

b)

Black leather jacket, black beret

c)

brown jacket, brown beret

d)

olive green jacket, green beret

55.

Where did the Panthers focus their efforts?

a)

Foreign policy

b)

individual salaries

c)

the community

d)

individual families

56.

Thurgood Marshall was famously known for...

a)

Being a speaker and nonviolent activist during the civil rights era

b)

Sitting on a diner counter seat until being served in a whites only restaurant

c)

the NAACP's top lawyer who worked on many cases to help right civil rights laws

57.

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

58.

In 1961, the Freedom Riders rode buses to?

a)

demonstrate against air pollution

b)

protest American involvement in Vietnam

c)

demonstrate in support of equal rights for women

d)

test segregation laws in the South

59.

In addition to boycotts, marches, and freedom rides, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) helped

a)

organize sit-ins at lunch counters across the South.

b)

promote removing the poll taxes

c)

promote removing literacy tests

60.

Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party are associated with ________.

a)

civil disobedience

b)

militancy ("by any means necessary")

c)

cooperation

d)

political lobbying

61.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protest
b)
Thousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routes
c)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white person
d)
Segregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting
62.

How did the event in this headline impact the Civil Rights movement?

a)

The focus of the movement shifted to the struggle of migrant workers.

b)

The movement lost credibility with the American public.

c)

The focus of the movement shifted to protesting U.S. involvement in foreign wars.

d)

The movement lost an important national leader.

63.

What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?

a)

To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens.

b)

To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstate transportation.

c)

To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation.

d)

To persuade states to abandon discriminatory voter-registration procedures.

64.

President Eisenhower exercised his federal authority in an effort to —

a)

Ensure the safety of protesters at lunch counter sit-ins.

b)

End the violence directed against the Freedom Riders.

c)

Enforce a ruling to desegregate public schools.

d)

Protect citizens from rioting spurred by Ku Klux Klan rallies.

65.
The refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy thru non-violent means.
a)
Affirmative Action
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Civil Disobedience
d)
Integration