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Ch 21 Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

Helped establish the precedent that "seperate but equal" education and other services was not equal at all -

a)

Plessy V. Ferguson

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Sweatt V. Painter

d)

Hernandez V. Texas

3.

Lyndon B. Johnson's legacy to end poverty, reducing crime, abolishing inequality and improving the environment -

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

The Great Society

c)

Equal Pay Act

d)

Title IX

4.

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

5.
Who was a US Senator who was running for President when he was assassinated in 1968?
a)
Robert F. Kennedy
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
Lee Harvey Oswald
d)
Thurgood Marshall
6.
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
It gave African-American women the right to vote
b)
It made literacy tests to vote illegal
c)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
d)
It allowed all African-Americans to vote
7.
The March on Washington is most famous for...
a)
causing race riots in Washington, D.C.
b)
200,000 people worked together to get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization
d)
MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
8.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting
b)
Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting
c)
African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
d)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat
9.
What is the purpose of the 24th Amendment?
a)
It ended slavery
b)
It ended segregation based on race
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be selected for the Supreme Court
10.

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

a)

Dolores Huerta

b)

Malcom X

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Ceaser Chavez

11.

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

a)

WAC

b)

HUAC

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

12.

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

13.

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

a)

Sit-in

b)

Boycotts

c)

Freedom Rides

d)

March on Washington

14.
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
It gave African-American women the right to vote
b)
It made literacy tests to vote illegal
c)
It made Jim Crow Laws illegal
d)
It allowed all African-Americans to vote
15.

True or False? The Montgomery Bus Boycott was effective because most people who rode the bus were black, and the bus company lost too much money once people boycotted.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What kind of marches did Martin Luther King Jr. lead?

a)

large

b)

mad

c)

nonviolent

d)

violent

17.

The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and Whites who rode buses to..?

a)

Encourage A.A.'s to leave the south and move north

b)

to protest racial segregation throughout the south

c)

to promote membership in the KKK

d)

to gain support for the Vietnam war

18.
To separate one group from another is ___________________.
a)
integration
b)
segregation
c)
Civil Rights Movement
Jim Crow
19.
Which civil rights leader advocated separation  for African Americans and was opposed to integration ?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Medgar Evers
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Eldrige Cleaver
20.
 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
21.

Civil Disobedience is associated with...

a)

Violent protest

b)

Nonviolent protest

22.

How were the Black Panthers different Martin Luther King Jr?

a)

They used non-violent protest

b)

Use armed resistance if needed

23.

What did Arkansas governor Orval Faubus challenge?

a)

He challenged the Supreme Court decision on voting.

b)

He challenged the authority to desegregate/integrate public schools.

c)

I'm a savage, classy bougie ratchet

24.

What is desegregation?

a)

Races are separated.

b)

Races are together.

25.

The main goal of the NAACP was to....

a)

win court cases guaranteeing “separate-but-equal” educational facilities for African American students

b)

end the segregation of African Americans and white Americans through the judicial system

c)

segregate public educational facilities in the South

d)

segregate public transportation in southern cities

26.

a protester is

a)

a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue

b)

a person who takes action to show the public they disagree

c)

the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change

d)

to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest

27.

nonviolence means

a)

a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on an issue

b)

a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met

c)

the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change

d)

to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest

28.

boycott means

a)

to refuse to participate or interact with an organization as a protest

b)

a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd

c)

a group of people working together towards a cause

d)

a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met

29.

sit-in means

a)

a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd

b)

a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met

c)

lack of fairness

d)

a group of people working together towards a cause

30.

civil disobedience means

a)

a part of the law that allowed racial segregation

b)

the refusal to follow certain laws as a peaceful form of protest

c)

the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race

d)

not in agreement with the U.S. Constitution

31.

unconstitutional means

a)

a part of the law that allowed racial segregation

b)

the enforced separation of different racial groups into separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations

c)

not in agreement with the U.S. Constitution

d)

the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race

32.

“separate but equal” means

a)

the enforced separation of different racial groups into separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations

b)

the unjust or harmful treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of race

c)

bringing groups with different characteristics together in social groups or institutions

d)

a part of the law that allowed racial segregation

33.

Which of the following Organizations practiced Non-Violent Protests.

a)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

(NAACP)

b)

Congress for Racial Equality

(CORE)

c)

Nation of Islam

d)

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

(SNCC)

34.

Malcom X differed from Dr. Martin Luther King over the use of .......

a)

Use of

Non-Violent Protest

b)

Legal Challenges to Segregation

c)

Seperation of Powers between branches of Government

d)

The number of speeches one could give in one day.

35.

In prison, Malcolm X ______ the Nation of Islam

a)

Joined

b)

Founded

c)

Criticized

d)

Left

36.

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

37.

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

38.

True or False: Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. initially believed that black people should separate from white society.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Which of the following best describes Malcolm X’s early approach to self-defense?

a)

Protect yourself through non-violent means only.

b)

Protect yourself through diplomacy and debate.

c)

Protect yourself through targeted legal action.

d)

Protect yourself by any means necessary

40.
What was he teaching the black community?
a)
Better themselves
b)
Not to depend on the white man
c)
Educate their mind
d)
All of the above
41.
How does Malcolm X change after a trip to Mecca in 1964?
a)
softens his stance, breaks with Nation of Islam
b)
He doesn't change
c)
becomes more violent
d)
joins the black panthers
42.

What happened to Malcolm X

a)

Assassinated

b)

Lived to a ripe old age and retired to Jamaica

43.
Who leads the SNCC to become more militant?
a)
Stokely Carmichael
b)
Martin Luther King Jr
c)
Emmett Till
d)
Malcolm X
44.
What phrase does Stokely Carmichael coin?
a)
Black Power
b)
White Flight
c)
Yellow Journalism
d)
Black death
45.
What happened to MLK in April of 1968?
a)
he was assassinated
b)
he received the Nobel Peace Prize
c)
He led his biggest march
d)
he gave the "I Have a Dream" speech
46.
What other major civil rights ally was killed in June of 1968?
a)
Robert Kennedy
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
LBJ
d)
JFK
47.

Radical group in the 1960s who advocated armed self-defense and revolution to end black oppression. More militant than MLK and other civil rights leaders but also established daycare centers, medical clinics, etc.

a)

NAACP

b)

Congress of Racial Equality

c)

Nation of Islam

d)

Black Panthers

e)

United Farm Workers

48.

Leading civil rights organization; organized Freedom Rides and participated in Freedom Summer

a)

NAACP

b)

Congress of Racial Equality

c)

Nation of Islam

d)

Black Panthers

e)

United Farm Workers

49.

The nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization; used litigation to promoted equality for minorities

a)

NAACP

b)

Congress of Racial Equality

c)

Nation of Islam

d)

Black Panthers

e)

United Farm Workers

50.

Where did the Panthers focus their efforts?

a)

Foreign policy

b)

individual salaries

c)

the community

d)

individual families