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U.S. History II: Ch 16

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which court case decided that segregation was legal as long as everything was "separate but equal?

a)

Plessy v. Fergeson

b)

Brown v. The Board of Eduacation

c)

Mapp v. Ohio

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

2.

Which court case involved a young African American girl that needed to be allowed to go to an all white school?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Mapp v. Ohio

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

3.

Which of the following states had segregation legal throughout the early-mid 1900s? *choose all that apply

a)

Texas

b)

Alabama

c)

Indiana

d)

West Virginia

e)

Mississippi

4.

Which organization was created in 1942, and was dedicated to nonviolent protests such as a sit-ins that M. L. King eventually adopts?

a)

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

b)

CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

c)

SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

d)

SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

5.

Who refused to give up their seat on the bus which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Orval Faubus

d)

Rosa Parks

6.

Who was the Governor of Arkansas who refused to allow the desegregation of schools in his state? (Little Rock Nine incident)

a)

Harry Byrd

b)

Orval Faubus

c)

Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor

d)

George Wallace

7.

Who was the safety commissioner in Birmingham Alabama during the Freedom Rider incident where a group of riders were beaten?

a)

George Wallace

b)

Orval Faubus

c)

Eugene "Bull" Connor

d)

Harry Byrd

8.

Who was the Governor of Alabama and was ordered by federal marshals to move from the front of the admission office at the University of Alabama?

a)

George Wallace

b)

Orval Faubus

c)

Eugene "Bull" Connor

d)

Harry Byrd

9.

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 which stated that it was a federal crime to prevent people from voting?

a)

Harry S. Truman

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

10.

Which organization was created in 1957 and was an alliance of Christian based African American organizations dedicated to ending discrimination peacefully?

a)

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

b)

Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

c)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

d)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

11.

Which organization was a loose organization of students followed the lead of the SCLC and staged sit-ins to protest segregation in public facilities?

a)

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

b)

Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

c)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

d)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

12.

In addition to schools being desegregated in the south, what other public facility was next on the list and led to protesters like the Freedom Riders?

a)

Restaurants

b)

Buses and Bus Stations

c)

Parks in major cities

d)

Theaters and Amphitheaters

13.

What other organization in the south needed integrated in addition to local elementary and high schools? *hint: led to Gov. George Wallace of Alabama to try to stop it from happening

a)

Colleges

b)

Private businesses

c)

Vocational Schools

d)

Restaurants

14.

What caused the March on Washington D.C. when over 200,000 African Americans showed up and MLK Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech?

a)

John F. Kennedy urging Congress to pass a new Civil Rights bill

b)

John F. Kennedy is assassinated and was the main supported of the Civil Rights Movement in D.C.

c)

The Albany Movement's result

d)

The passing of the 24th Amendment

15.

Which of the following is the Civil Rights law that states the entire registration process under federal control and by 1968, over half of all eligible African Americans in the south were registered?

a)

The Civil Rights Act of 1957

b)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

16.

What was the name of the African American movement that questions the tactics of nonviolent protestings?

a)

Black Power

b)

Black Survivors

c)

Blacks United

d)

Black Control

17.

Initially, who is the popular leader of the African American movement/organization that was against non violent protesting?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Medgar Evers

d)

Malcolm X

18.

Who assassinated Martin Luther King, Jr. April 4, 1968, while King was standing on the second floor balcony of his motel?

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

Leon Czolgosz

c)

James Earl Ray

d)

Sirhan Sirhan