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The Civil Rights Movement - Exit Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Brown vs. Board of Education was a famous case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954. The court ruled that it is unconstitutional (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  

2.
 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
3.
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
4.

Define segregation

a)

to refuse to buy, use, or go to, in order to make a protest or bring about a change.

b)

the practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups.

c)

the process of bringing all parts together into a whole.

d)

an objection or complaint

5.
What previous Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board overturn?
a)
Worcester v. Georgia
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
Roe v. Wade
d)
Marbury v. Madison
6.

Laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.

a)

Racist

b)

Prejudice

c)

Discrimination

d)

Jim Crow

7.

A struggle for social justice during the 50s and 60s for African Americans to gain equal rights under the law was called?

a)

Executive Order 9981

b)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

c)

Civil Rights Movement

d)

March on Washington

8.

What event did Rosa Parks spark when she was arrested?

a)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Selma March

c)

March on Washington

d)

Brown v Board of Education

9.

The main goal of the freedom riders was to

a)

pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses

b)

inspire students to protest in Birmingham against Jim Crow

c)

encourage Congress to pass Kennedy's civil rights agenda

d)

desegregate urban bus systems in the south

10.

Which of the following conclusions is accurate about the United States during the 1960s?

a)

Citizens were concerned with the environmental problems of the Dust Bow.

b)

Ethnic and race relations were important issues.

c)

Presidents were preoccupied with the impact of McCarthyism.

d)

Tariffs and free trade issues were dominating the news.

11.

The federal government responded to which issue in the nation when it passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

Unfair lending practices by banks

b)

Unequal representation in local legislatures

c)

Inadequate medical services in urban areas

d)

Discrimination by employers

12.

Which government action was intended to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Fifteenth Amendment rights?

a)

The Supreme Court decision in Sweatt v. Painter

b)

The executive order to desegregate the U.S. Army

c)

The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

d)

The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. The Board of Education

13.

Under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement is mostly characterized by

a)

non-violent civil disobedience

b)

violence and riots

c)

economic prosperity

d)

political corruption

14.

What is being described below?

Equal rights in politics, society, and the economy.

a)

Civil Disobedience

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Equality Policy

d)

Rebellion

15.

What event is being described below:

A father sued city of Topeka, KS because his daughter, could not attend the school closest to their home since she was black.

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

Roe vs. Wade

d)

Scott vs. Sanford