WorksheetsUnit 6 Social Change Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following was NOT a result of whites moving to suburbs outside the city?
increased traffic
transit systems (public transportation) lost money in the city
minorities and the poor were able to get better jobs
expressways were built and apartment homes were knocked down
What is an ideal?
a principle or standard to aim for
a new law
a good idea
something illegal
Which of the following is NOT one of America's ideals?
Promote democracy
separate all races
Promote equality among racial minorities
Provide individual freedom of rights
A group of African-American pilots who were segregated and faced discrimination during WWII were
Tuskegee Airmen
Tuskegee AirmenJim Crows
Freedom Riders
Little Rock Nine
What was the Chicano Rights Movement?
sought to end discrimination against Mexican Americans and to give equal rights (workplace, school, voting, and land)
the movement of Mexican Americans across the United States
a Supreme Court case
a fight against Jim Crow Laws
What is a contradiction?
a combination of statements or ideas that are in opposition of each other
an agreement
a type of law
the ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education
The migration or movement of white, middle class people from cities to suburbs was known as
Chicano Rights Movement
White Flight
Civil Rights Movement
Freedom Rides
What event was organized by CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) in which black riders traveled to the South and entered “white only” areas?
Freedom Rides
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sit ins
Civil Rights Movement
What contradictions to America's ideals about democracy and equality occur before, during and after WWII?
America treated all people equally.
America was putting African Americans in concentration camps.
America was discriminating against a number of groups including African Americans, Native Americans, and women.
America was only discriminating against African Americans.
Laws in the South that enforced segregation in public places were known as
Freedom Rides
White Flight
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Movement
What was Executive Order 9981?
desegregated the armed forces
allowed segregation in the military
desegregated the schools
a Jim Crow law
Who led nonviolent protests in the fight for civil rights for all, including African-Americans and gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech?
Rosa Parks
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
President Truman
Malcolm X
Which of the following was a direct result of Rosa Parks’ refusal to move to the back of the bus?
A. the Freedom Rides
B. the Greensboro sit-ins
C. Brown vs. Board of Education
D. the Montgomery Bus Boycott
How did the United States help Somalia?
sent them to college
helped refugees who were escaping violence and drought
brought them to the United States
The United States did not help.
What outlawed discrimination (in all public places) and segregation?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Executive Order 9980
Jim Crow Laws
Why is the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education considered an important civil rights case?
A. It declared the practice of school segregation unconstitutional.
B. It said that “separate-but-equal” schools were still legal and constitutional.
C. It desegregated the armed forces.
D. It closed all schools immediately.
Who wanted a separate nation for black people and did not believe in peaceful protests at first?
A. Martin Luther King, JR
B. Malcolm X
C. John F. Kennedy
D. Rosa Parks
This was a peaceful form of action in which African-Americans waited patiently in restaurants to be served.
Violent protest
Boycott
Sit-in
Desegregation
This was created to help veterans of WWII by helping them with college, home mortgages and veterans' hospitals:
Separate But Equal
Executive Order 9980
14th Amendment
GI Bill
Which title best completes the graphic organizer?
A. Peaceful Protests
B. Restaurant Protests
C. Little Rock Nine
D. Jim Crow Laws
