WorksheetsCivil Rights Era
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 24mins
Which organization's name correctly completes this table?
Nation of Islam
Black Panther Party
Congress of Racial Equality
NAACP
How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 contribute to the changes shown in this table?
It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites
It increased state revenues associated with poll taxes
It contributed to increased involvement of lobbyists in political campaigns.
It helped voters determine educational policy based on literacy test results.
“. . .We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” . . .
These statements were included in which Supreme Court decision?
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
“Jackie Robinson Breaks Color Barrier in Major League Baseball”
“President Truman Issues Executive Order Desegregating Armed Forces”
“NAACP Challenges School Segregation”
These headlines are most closely associated with
a decline in African American participation in political activities
the beginning of the modern civil rights movement
Southern resistance to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the effects of affirmative action programs
“We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering...We will not hate you, but we cannot obey your unjust laws...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This quotation most strongly advocates
Black Nationalism
lobbying Congress for a civil rights law
filing law suits in federal court
civil disobedience
The abolitionist movement, the women’s suffrage movement, and the 1960’s civil rights movement are all examples of reform efforts that
succeeded without causing major controversy
developed significant popular support
achieved their goals without government action
failed to affect the nation as a whole
The federal voting rights laws passed in the 1950s and 1960s were designed to
return control of voting regulations to the states
remove racial barriers to voting
extend suffrage to American women
prevent recent immigrants from voting
Cesar Chavez created the United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) in 1966 primarily to
secure voting rights for Mexican Americans
improve working conditions for migrant laborers
provide legal assistance to illegal aliens
increase farm income
The decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Escobedo v. Illinois all advanced the
voting rights of minorities
guarantees of free speech and press
principle of separation of church and state
rights of accused persons
Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court was considered "activist" because of its
reluctance to overturn state laws
insistence on restricting freedom of speech to spoken words
expansion of individual rights in criminal cases
refusal to reconsider the issues of the Plessy v. Ferguson case
Hernandez v. Texas ruled that a jury must be a jury of the Defendants peers. This means that a Jury must...
Be from another State
Have a Woman on it
Have at least one person on it that represents the Defendant
Have at least 5 people of color
Group in 1961 who took buses South to bring attention to segregation and voting repression.
Freedom Riders
NAACP
Civil Disobedience
Sit-in
Summer of 1964 where thousands of civil rights workers spread throughout the South to help register African Americans to vote.
Freedom Summer
Massive Resistance
NAACP
Civil Disobediance
"Freedom Summer" involved what?
Volunteers help African Americans find jobs
MLK traveled across the US promoting civil rights
Volunteers help African Americans register to vote
Malcolm X urged African Americans to fight against whites
What was the goal of "freedom rides"?
Encourage the federal gov't to enforce rulings against discriminating in interstate transportation.
To allow minority groups access to all forms of travel
To show economic impact in discriminatory actions using transportation
To connect southern and northern United States through bus routes
