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WorksheetsUnit 9 Quiz Review - Civil Rights
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What did Oveta Culp Hobby become the director of during World War II?
Women's Army Corps
Civil Rights
Jim Crow Laws
Nothing because she is a clever little genius girl.
What president from Texas signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
Richard Nixon
Abraham Lincoln
Lyndon Johnson
Barack Obama
Suffragist in the early 20th century who later served as the publicity chairman for the Better Schools Amendment to the Texas Constitution.
Jane Goodall
Oveta Culp Hobby
Barbara Jordan
Jane McCallum
Who did the Voting Rights Act gave authority to oversee elections?
President
Attorney General
Federal Government
citizens
He created the American GI Forum to help Mexican American veterans after they returned for WWll
Raul A. Gonzalez
Henry B. Gonzalez
Hector P. Garcia
Raymond Telles
Which is the best description of Barbara Jordan's effect on African-American rights?
Barbara Jordan deserved all of the medals and honors she received.
Barbara Jordan would become a Senator of Texas one day.
Barbara Jordan was the 1st African American woman from a Southern State to be elected to Congress.
Barbara Jordan was born in the state of Texas.
The refusal to obey laws as a form of protest
Civil Disobedience
Unalienable Rights
Bill of Rights
Discrimination
Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cesar Chavez
Thurgood Marshall
Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.
13th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1964
Separation of two or more races based on skin color
segregation
racism
oppression
facism
Enforced racial segregation in the South; all were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period.
13th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who Founded the CORE Organization
Martin Luther King JR
James L Farmer
John Cena
Barak Obama
Select the two acts that Lyndon B Johnson passed a president
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Black Codes
Equal Right Act of 1972
Voting Right Act of 1965
• Outlawed discrimination in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce
• Prohibited discrimination by government agencies that receive federal funding
• Prohibited discrimination in hiring on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
• Established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Which of the following applies to the GI Forum?
It granted veterans with subsidized education
It protested segregation of Mexican-Americans
It promoted the Bracero Program
All of these options
Throwback: When was the Voting Rights Act passed?
1965
1968
1963
1969
Which Texan was the first African American from a southern state to serve in the U.S. Congress after her service in the Texas State Senate?
Olveta Culp Hobby
Kay Bailey Hutchinson
Barbara Jordon
Ann Richards
Which civil rights leader and native Texan formed the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) and worked to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides?
Medgar Evers
James Farmer, Jr.
Hector P. Garcia
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was the first hispanic congressman from Texas?
James Farmer
Henry B. Gonzalez
Barbara Jordon
Hector Garcia
What is a sit in?
Sitting on a bus
Sitting in an area where you are not allowed as a form of protest
Sitting on the floor rather than a chair
Sitting rather than standing at a lunch counter
