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Civil Rights Movement 2022

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Congress for Racial Equality was formed in order to-

a)

Achieve integration through nonviolent action and civil disobedience

b)

Destroy public property when discrimination was present

c)

Give Mexican-American veterans the right to education and health care

d)

Allow women to join noncombat roles in the US military

2.

The founder of the Congress for Racial Equality was-

a)

James Fannin

b)

James Farmer

c)

Oveta Culp Hobby

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

3.

The American GI Forum was organized by-

a)

Oveta Culp Hobby

b)

James Farmer

c)

Hector Garcia

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

4.

The American GI Forum was established in order to-

a)

Help Mexican-American veterans to obtain health care and an education

b)

Organize sit-ins to boycott discriminated against

c)

Give women the opportunity to serve in noncombat roles in the US military

5.

Oveta Culp Hobby established the-

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Congress for Racial Equality

c)

Women's Army Corps

d)

American GI Forum

6.

The purpose of the Women's Army Corps was to-

a)

Provide women the opportunity to serve in noncombat roles in the US army

b)

Provide Mexican-Americans the opportunity to get an education and health care

c)

Provide civil voting rights to all citizens who are discriminated against

7.

Before the WAC program was established, women were only allowed to be nurses in the US Army.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

NAACP stands for-

a)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b)

National Association for the advancement for colored pandas

c)

National Advancement Association of crazy packages

9.

The founder of the NAACP was-

a)

Hector Garcia

b)

Oveta Culp Hobby

c)

Lulu Bell Madison White

d)

James Farmer

10.

The purpose of the NAACP was to-

a)

Desegregate the US Army

b)

Work to establish segregation and discrimination in housing

c)

Give Mexican-Americans the right to an education and health care

11.

The Civil Rights Act was signed in-

a)

1960

b)

1964

c)

1965

d)

2021

12.

The Civil Rights Act bans-

a)

Voting booths to be segregated

b)

Discrimination and desegregation of unions and schools

c)

Mexican-American segregation

d)

Women from entering combat roles in the US military

13.

Which president of the United States signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Barrack Obama

14.

The Voting Rights Act-

a)

Allowed for expansion of poll taxes to be used in Southern states

b)

Allowed women to vote

c)

Suspended literacy tests and ensured that federal approval would be needed to make voting changes

d)

Allowed literacy tests in all states that wanted it

15.

The right to vote is indicated in which amendment?

a)

1st

b)

5th

c)

13th

d)

15th