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Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 10hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was born in Marshall, TX

a)

James L. Farmer

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Hector P. Garcia

d)

Barbara Jordan

2.

Which of the following allowed officers to arrest African Americans who were unemployed?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1867

b)

Black Codes

c)

The Freedman's Bureau

d)

Plessy v Ferguson

3.
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
JFK (John F. Kennedy)
b)
MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
c)
LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)
d)
James P. Farmer
4.

Gave African American men the right to vote

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

5.

Making friendly again

a)

Reconciliation

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Servitude

d)

Preservation

6.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation 
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation        
d)
Desegregation
7.
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
a)
F.W. de Klerk
b)
Nelson Mandela
c)
Jomo Kenyatta
d)
Kwame Nkrumah
8.
Which of these is the best summary for the Civil Rights movement?
a)
an effort to end racial discrimination and segregation
b)
business leaders creating more jobs to improve the economy
c)
women protesting for their right to vote [known as suffrage]
d)
police and fire fighters recruiting civilians to help them
9.

Which of the following was NOT a role of the Freedman's Bureau?

a)

Hunting down Confederates

b)

Registering marriages

c)

Establishing schools

d)

Negotiating contracts

10.

Authorized the use of Federal troops for enforcement of African American Rights

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

11.
What did F.W. de Klerk do for South Africa?
a)
He started apartheid.
b)
He put Nelson Mandella in jail.
c)
He fought for South Africa's independence.
d)
He helped to end apartheid.
12.

Jim Crow laws institutionalized

a)

Vocational training

b)

Segregation

c)

Civil Rights Act

d)

Servitude

13.
What was the purpose of the American GI Forum?
a)
Protect the rights of war veterans and Hispanics
b)
End segregation
c)
Support voting rights for women
d)
End bus segregation
14.

Believed preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Frederick Douglass

15.

Vocational has to do with

a)

Civil Rights

b)

Servitude

c)

Job Training

d)

Segregation

16.
Who is the person pictured here?
[Houston city attorney, Judge for the Court of Appeals,  Texas Supreme Court Justice]
a)
Raul A. Gonzalez
b)
Henry B. Gonzalez
c)
Raymond Telles
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
17.

Civil Rights are

a)

Citizen's Rights

b)

State's Rights

c)

African American Rights

d)

Northern Rights

18.
Who is described as:
* first woman elected to the TX state Senate
* first African American from the South elected to Congress
* strong supporter of Civil Rights
a)
Barbara Jordan
b)
Lulu Belle Madison White
c)
Ladybird Johnson
d)
Rebekah Jones
19.
What did Brown vs. Board of Education do?
a)
End bus segregation
b)
End school segregation
c)
Get women the right to vote
d)
Protect the rights of war veterans and Hispanics
20.
Forcing African Americans to use separate drinking fountains, separate bathrooms and separate waiting rooms is an example of
a)
Segregation in the South
b)
Desegregation in the South
c)
The effects of Brown vs. Board of Education.
d)
Segregation in the North
21.

Fought for adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed civil rights

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB Dubois

22.

Reconstruction lasted about

a)

1 year

b)

10 years

c)

50 years

d)

100 years

23.
How did the actions of Hector Garcia contribute to helping Mexican Americans during the Civil Rights movement?
a)
He found the American G.I Forum and led to expand rights for Hispanic Americans
b)
He created bills that increased educational rights for Hispanics
c)
He became the first Hispanic mayor of El Paso and led the fight for Civil Rights
24.
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
JFK (John F. Kennedy)
b)
MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
c)
LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)
d)
James P. Farmer
25.

Civil Rights are

a)

Citizen's Rights

b)

State's Rights

c)

African American Rights

d)

Northern Rights

26.
Forcing African Americans to use separate drinking fountains, separate bathrooms and separate waiting rooms is an example of
a)
Segregation in the South
b)
Desegregation in the South
c)
The effects of Brown vs. Board of Education.
d)
Segregation in the North
27.
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
JFK (John F. Kennedy)
b)
MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
c)
LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)
d)
James P. Farmer
28.
Organization that fights for African-American rights.
a)
NAACP
b)
LULAC
c)
CORE
d)
James L. Farmer Jr.
29.
People like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are credited with fighting for this, which would be granted by the 19th amendment. 
a)
Abolition of slavery
b)
Voting age lowered
c)
Women's suffrage (right to vote)
d)
Free speech. 
30.
First African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction; First Southern African American woman in the U.S. House of Representatives.
a)
Barbara Jordan
b)
Jane McCallum
c)
Lulu Belle Madison White
d)
Kay Bailey Hutchison
31.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation 
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation        
d)
Desegregation
32.
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
JFK (John F. Kennedy)
b)
MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
c)
LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)
d)
James P. Farmer
33.

Believed preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Frederick Douglass

34.
What country did South Africa gain its independence from?
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Portugal
35.

Gave African American men the right to vote

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

36.
What did Brown vs. Board of Education do?
a)
End bus segregation
b)
End school segregation
c)
Get women the right to vote
d)
Protect the rights of war veterans and Hispanics
37.
Forcing African Americans to use separate drinking fountains, separate bathrooms and separate waiting rooms is an example of
a)
Segregation in the South
b)
Desegregation in the South
c)
The effects of Brown vs. Board of Education.
d)
Segregation in the North
38.

Which of the following allowed officers to arrest African Americans who were unemployed?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1867

b)

Black Codes

c)

The Freedman's Bureau

d)

Plessy v Ferguson