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WorksheetsCivil Rights Quiz 2
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 14mins
According to the Supreme Court opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, what is the importance of the Fourteenth Amendment to the case?
The amendment requires that all citizens be treated equally under the law.
The amendment explicitly forbids segregation of schools on the basis of race.
The amendment says that all citizens deserve the same educational opportunities.
The amendment forbids differences in quality between various public institutions.
Which statement best summarizes the opinion concerning segregation in Brown v. Board of Education?
The Fourteenth Amendment does not mention public education.
Some earlier court decisions allowed schools to segregate students on the basis of race.
It is unconstitutional for public schools to segregate students on the basis of race.
An earlier court decision allowed “separate but equal” school facilities for white and African American children.
What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat?
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
W.E.B. DuBois
Martin Luther King
What was the result of Rosa Parks getting kicked off the bus
bus boycott
riot
sit-ins
little rock nine
What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?
Guzman V. School
Brown V. Board of Education
Miranda V. Arizona
Plessy V. Ferguson
What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?
WAC
HUAC
NAACP
SNCC
What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?
Southern Peace Corps
NAACP
SNCC
Black Panthers
During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?
Tuskegee Airmen
Little Rock Nine
Atomic Bombs
Flying Tigers
What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?
March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black Panthers
Mass Support Demonstrations
Little Rock Nine
What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?
Sit-in
Boycotts
Freedom Rides
March on Washington
The Montgomery Bus boycott was inspired by
Fannie Lou Hamer
Rosa Parks
Stockley Carmichael
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed by
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
Richard M. Nixon
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed what type of tests?
Drivers Tests
Poll Tests
Literacy Tests
What was the name of the project to secretly make the atomic bomb?
Nashville Project
Atomic Project
Manhattan Project
Alamo Project
Who was the Korean War between?
U.S. and South Korea
Russia and North Korea
North Korea and South Korea
North Korea and North Vietnam
