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The Civil Rights Movement (22-23)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the primary way the NAACP challenged discriminatory policies?
a)
They led many boycotts, sit ins, and marches to demonstrate their frustrations with segregation.
b)
They took a legal approach and brought cases to the courts that challenged practices of discrimination.
c)
They urged African Americans to resist discrimination "by any means necessary" and use violence if necessary.
d)
They voted in large numbers to elect politicians sympathetic to their cause.
2.
What issue led to the Briggs v. Elliott case?
a)
A request to transfer children from the all-black school they attended to an integrated school in Clarendon County.
b)
A request to get new books for children in the all-black schools in Clarendon County.
c)
A request to get new air conditioning window units for the all-black schools in Clarendon County.
d)
A request to get a new bus to take children to the all-black school they attended in Clarendon County.
3.
What court case became one of five that became part of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decision?
a)
Elmore v. Rice
b)
Briggs v. Elliott
c)
Loving v. Virginia
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
4.
What was the result of Brown v. the Board of Education?
a)
Schools were required to educate immigrants, regardless of their parent's nationality.
b)
Schools were allowed to continue the practice of segregation in certain cases.
c)
Schools were required to integrate schools "with all deliberate speed".
d)
Schools were required to educate women at the same time as the male population.
5.
The equalization effort in South Carolina was a massive school building program aimed at doing which of the following?
a)
Getting South Carolina students ready to compete against the Soviets during the Cold War.
b)
Allowing South Carolina to continue to segregate students by meeting the "separate but equal" criteria.
c)
Building larger schools in order to educate large student populations created by integration.
d)
Updating schools with newer technology developed during World War II and the Cold War.
6.
Which event, that lead to the killing of three people, took place in response to protests over the unlawful segregation of a bowling alley?
a)
The Denmark Vesey Revolt
b)
The Hamburg Massacre
c)
The Orangeburg Massacre
d)
The Freedom Riders Campaign
7.
Which of the following best explains the United States Supreme Court ruling in Elmore v. Rice?
a)
The court ruled that the white control of farms was unconstitutional.
b)
The court ruled that the use of a white primary was unconstitutional.
c)
The court ruled that the white-only waiting rooms were unconstitutional.
d)
The court ruled that the white-only hiring practices were unconstitutional.
8.
Which South Carolinian authored the Southern Manifesto which condemned the Brown v. Board of Education decision and encouraged resistance to desegregation?
a)
Modjeska Simkins
b)
Strom Thurmond
c)
Matthew Perry
d)
Septima Clark
9.

Which of the following was NOT an organization that fought for equal rights for African Americans throughout the 20th century?

a)

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

b)

The National Association of Colored Women.

c)

The National Coalition of Freedmen.

d)

The National Urban League.

10.
What three things increased the efforts to bring civil rights to African-Americans? (Choose 3 answers)
a)
Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Influence of mass media
c)
Leadership of Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
The Southern Manifesto
11.
What impact did Sarah Mae Flemming's actions have on the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
She inspired others to use jail no bail
b)
She inspired others to use lunch counter sit-ins
c)
She inspired equalization efforts at African American schools
d)
She inspired Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
12.
What peaceful protest method did Burke High School students use at S.H. Kress & Co. in Charleston, SC to show their displeasure with segregation?
a)
Sit-ins
b)
Marches
c)
Jail no bail
d)
Strikes
13.
The Friendship Nine introduced the tactic of "jail, no bail." How did this tactic work?
a)
Students would plead guilty to all charges
b)
Students would serve out their jail sentences instead of paying their fine
c)
Students would use expensive legal council provided by the state
d)
Students would only sit-in at white owned restaurants
14.
Which Supreme Court challenged the Constitutionality of banned interracial marriages?
a)
Elmore v. Rice
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Loving v. Virginia
d)
Briggs v. Elliott
15.
Which South Carolinian helped the NAACP bring a case for equal pay for black teachers, taught at Highlander Folk School in Tennessee and served in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Septima Poinsette Clark
c)
Modjeska Monteith Simkins
d)
Matthew J. Perry
16.
Which South Carolinian helped on the court cases of Elmore v. Rice and Briggs v. Elliott?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Septima Poinsette Clark
c)
Modjeska Monteith Simkins
d)
Matthew J. Perry
17.
Which South Carolinian was the first graduate of the new law school at South Carolina State to pass the bar exam and served as the state's first African American federal judge?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Septima Poinsette Clark
c)
Modjeska Monteith Simkins
d)
Matthew J. Perry
18.
Which of the following were the Charleston Nurses Strike trying to accomplish? (Choose 3 answers.)
a)
Correct unfair wages and hiring practices
b)
Expansion of the right to vote in primaries
c)
Improve working conditions
d)
Obtain equal treatment in the workplace
19.

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Movement that intensified after World War 2 in an effort to establish the civil rights of African American citizens

b)

Movement to ban certain rights of African Americans who were not born US citizens.

c)

An effort of African-Americans military veterans to gain a Victory over racism (Segregation) at home as well as Victory against racism abroad (holocaust)

d)

An attempt to stop integration by improving education, including African-American schools

20.

What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

a)

Banned discrimination in public places, outlawed discrimination in most employment

b)

A law that guaranteed the right to vote for all African Americans without any interference

c)

An attempt to stop integration by improving education, including African-American schools

d)

Preliminary election to pick candidates for each party who will run in the general election

21.

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

Banned discrimination in public places, outlawed discrimination in most employment

b)

A law that guaranteed the right to vote for all African Americans without any interference

c)

An attempt to stop integration by improving education, including African-American schools

d)

Preliminary election to pick candidates for each party who will run in the general election

22.

Who was James Byrnes?

a)

Governor of South Carolina who encouraged resistance to integration

b)

South Carolina Senator who wrote the Southern Manifesto that condemned the Brown v. Board of Education decision

c)

First African-American federal judge, successfully argued the court case that desegregated Clemson University

d)

African American World War II veteran permanently blinded by South Carolinian police officers in a violent attack

23.

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Movement that intensified after World War 2 in an effort to establish the civil rights of African American citizens

b)

Movement to ban certain rights of African Americans who were not born US citizens.

c)

An effort of African-Americans military veterans to gain a Victory over racism(Segregation) at home as well as Victory against racism abroad(holocaust)

d)

An attempt to stop integration by improving education, including African-American schools

24.

What was the White Citizens Council?

a)

A law that guaranteed the right to vote for all African Americans without any interference

b)

An organized sit in by high school students in Charleston that became a pivotal movement in desegregating Charleston

c)

An organization that intimidated blacks and whites that supported desegregation

d)

An attempt to stop integration by improving education, including African-American schools

25.

What was Plessy v Ferguson?

a)

Supreme Court case that upheld segregation and said that "separate but equal" was lawful

b)

Supreme Court case that highlighted a lack of equality in busing systems throughout South Carolina, eventually became part of Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and ruled that "separate but equal" in schools was inherently unequal.

d)

Supreme Court case making laws that restricted African-Americans from voting in primary elections unconstitutional

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