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Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
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1.

The major purpose of the 14th Amendment was to…

a)
  1. limit the power of the federal government

b)
  1. expand the civil rights of women

c)
  1. maintain competition in business

d)
  1. grant citizenship and protect the rights of African Americans

2.

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were devices used to

a)
  1. deny African Americans the right to vote

b)
  1. extend the right to vote to 18-year-old citizens

c)
  1. raise money for political campaigns

d)
  1. prevent immigrants from becoming citizens

3.

What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the South after the Civil War?

a)
  1. It kept formerly enslaved persons in debt slavery.

b)
  1. It brought increased opportunity for African Americans.

c)
  1. It encouraged Northerners to migrate south.

d)
  1. It provided equal farm profits for all southerners.

4.

Which statement is a valid generalization about the experience of African Americans during the early Reconstruction period (1865–1870)?

a)
  1. They gained economic equality.

b)
  1. Their participation in government decreased.

c)
  1. They achieved legal rights through constitutional amendments.

d)
  1. Their political equality was opposed by most Radical Republicans.

5.

Which of the following amendments are most closely associated with Reconstruction?

a)

1, 2 and 3

b)

13, 14, and 15

c)
  1. 16, 17 and 18

d)
  1.  20, 21 and 22

6.

During the Reconstruction Era, one reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was to

a)
  1. support the South during the Civil War

b)
  1. eliminate sharecropping in the Southern States

c)
  1. encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe

d)
  1. prevent formerly enslaved persons from exercising their rights.

7.

During Reconstruction, African Americans continued to experience political and economic discrimination mainly because

a)
  1. the North wanted to punish the South

b)
  1. many African Americans moved North

c)

Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws and Black Codes

d)
  1. African Americans didn’t know their legal rights

8.

In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court rule that “separate but equal” facilities were legal?

a)
  1. Dred Scott v. Stanford

b)
  1. Brown v. Board of Education

c)
  1. McCulloch v. Maryland

d)
  1. Plessy v. Ferguson

9.

The effect of the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education was to.. 

a)
  1. establish segregation in schools

b)
  1. require the integration of public schools

c)
  1. allow African Americans in the military

d)
  1. force men and women to be given equal employment opportunities

10.

A goal of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

a)
  1. eliminate discrimination in housing

b)
  1. increase equal rights for African Americans

c)
  1. implement job-training programs

d)
  1. end barriers to voting faced by African Americans

11.

Which of the following key events in the history of the civil rights movement took place just over three months after Emmett Till's murder and was, in fact, prompted by it?

a)
  1. Martin Luther King Jr.'s march on Washington.

b)
  1. The formation of the Black Panther party.

c)
  1. The "Brown vs. Board of Education" ruling.

d)
  1. Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat on a bus.

12.

What was the main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery Improvement Association in response to segregation on buses.

a)
  1. Economic

b)
  1. Religious

c)
  1. Physical Violence

d)
  1. Social

13.

Which method of protest did Martin Luther King, Jr., urge his followers to use?

a)
  1. Violence

b)
  1. civil disobedience

14.

College students used a non-violent protest tactic called ________, to desegregate whites-only lunch counters.

a)
  1. Strikes

b)
  1. Marches

c)
  1. Sit-ins

d)
  1. Riots

15.

Which action described is closest to the approach used by Martin Luther King, Jr.?

a)
  1. a protester accepting a jail time rather than move to the segregated section

b)
  1. a protester beating a police officer

c)
  1. a protester resisting arrest for their actions 

d)
  1. workers destroying machinery in their factory

16.

One accomplishment of the _________________ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.

a)
  1. Little Rock Nine

b)
  1. Black Panthers

c)
  1. Freedom riders

d)
  1. Freedom summer

17.

In August 1963, thousands of people gathered at the ___________ in the U.S. capital to fight for political and economic justice. 

a)
  1. Montgomery bus boycott

b)
  1. March on Washington

c)
  1. Birmingham Campaign

d)
  1. Freedom Summer

18.

Which step was taken following this speech to advance the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

a)
  1. desegregation of the military 

b)
  1. elimination of the Ku Klux Klan

c)

ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson

d)
  1. passage of new civil rights acts

19.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in an effort to correct

a)
  1. racial discrimination and segregation

b)

limitations on freedom of speech

c)
  1. unfair immigration

d)
  1. segregation in the military

20.

The 1965 Voting Rights Act was a result primarily of

a)
  1. President Kennedy’s support

b)
  1. The March on Washington and the Selma March

c)
  1. Mississippi Freedom Summer and the Selma March

d)
  1. Greensboro sit-in

21.

The advice of Malcolm X to the black community differed from Martin Luther King Jr. because Malcolm X suggested African Americans should… 

a)
  1. defend themselves when physically assaulted

b)

remain nonviolent, using civil disobedience

c)

integrate public facilities

d)
  1. become sharecroppers instead of fighting back

22.

What is segregation?

a)

The enforced separation of racial groups. 

b)

To unite and give equal rights to racial groups.

c)

Different rules for each racial group.

d)

Lifestyles of racial groups. 

23.

What is integration? 

a)

The enforced separation of racial groups. 

b)

To unite and give equal rights to racial groups. 

c)

Different rules for each racial group. 

d)

Lifestyles of racial groups. 

24.

Eliminated literacy tests and poll taxes in all elections.

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

c)

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

d)

Affirmative Action

25.

Which civil rights leader is associated with the phrase "by any means necessary" and advocated for a more militant approach to achieving civil rights?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Malcolm X

d)

John Lewis