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7.1 Quiz

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the defining characteristics of Civil Rights?

a)

Increased participation of minorities in the political process, Protests, Boycotts, Marches, Desegregation, Integration, Struggle for equality, due process strengthened.

b)

Communism, containment, Arms Race/Space Race, Red Scare, McCarthyism

c)

OPEC oil problems, conflict in the Middle East, Reaganomics, large military, Cold War ends, NAFTA

d)

Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty

2.

What court case made segregation of schools illegal in the 1950s?

a)

Guzman V. School

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Miranda V. Arizona

d)

Plessy V. Ferguson

3.

Which leader of the civil rights movement used non-violent civil disobedience to oppose segregation in the south?

a)

Dolores Huerta

b)

Malcom X

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Ceaser Chavez

4.

What organization created by W.E.B. Dubois sought immediate equality for minorities?

a)

WAC

b)

HUAC

c)

NAACP

d)

SNCC

5.

What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?

a)

Southern Peace Corps

b)

NAACP

c)

SNCC

d)

Black Panthers

6.

During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?

a)

Tuskegee Airmen

b)

Little Rock Nine

c)

Atomic Bombs

d)

Flying Tigers

7.

What acts of protest during the Civil Rights Movement encouraged the government to expand political and economic opportunities for minority citizens?

a)

March on Washington, Freedom Rides, Greensboro Sit-In, Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

Black Panthers

c)

Mass Support Demonstrations

d)

Little Rock Nine

8.

What event challenged the federal government to enforce the Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation?

a)

Sit-in

b)

Boycotts

c)

Freedom Rides

d)

March on Washington

9.
Thurgood Marshall was famous for being the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and....
a)
Assassinating JFK
b)
Organizing the March on Washington
c)
Winning the Brown v. the Board of Education case
d)
Giving African-Americans the right to vote
10.
The March on Washington is most famous for...
a)
causing race riots in Washington, D.C.
b)
200,000 people worked together to get the right to vote
c)
the KKK became an illegal organization
d)
MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
11.
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Segregation on buses became illegal after a couple of days of boycotting
b)
Segregation on buses became illegal after months of boycotting
c)
African-Americans blocked the streets preventing buses from operating
d)
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat
12.
What is the purpose of the 24th Amendment?
a)
It ended slavery
b)
It ended segregation based on race
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be selected for the Supreme Court
13.

The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and Whites who rode buses to..?

a)

Encourage A.A.'s to leave the south and move north

b)

to protest racial segregation throughout the south

c)

to promote membership in the KKK

d)

to gain support for the Vietnam war

14.
Which civil rights leader advocated separation  for African Americans and was opposed to integration ?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Medgar Evers
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Eldrige Cleaver
15.
 An African American women who was asked to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama was
a)
Harriet B. Stowe
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Michelle Obama
d)
Coretta King
16.

What is the name of MLK's most famous speech?

a)

I Can See it Now

b)

I Have a Plan

c)

I Have a Dream

d)

Dreams

17.

Which court case involved the protest of a man named Oliver Brown for his daughter, Linda Brown, to be able to attend a white school that was much closer to her house than the black school?

a)

Brown V. Mississippi

b)

Brown V. BOE

c)

Brown V. All Schools

d)

Brown V. the South

18.

What is being described below?


A nonviolent method of fighting Jim Crow laws.

a)

Obedience

b)

Violent Ignorance

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Rebellion

19.

What was the purpose of the Sit-Ins?

a)

to practice self-control

b)

to relax

c)

to peacefully protest segregated restaurants and force change

d)

to encourage the government to step in and change the housing laws

20.

What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

The Montgomery Riot

b)

Rosa Park's arrest

c)

MLK's arrest

d)

The new law against foot travel

21.

These were restrictions on voting for African Americans -

a)

poll taxes

b)

literacy tests

c)

unfair exams that were sometimes written in Latin

22.

Helped establish the precedent that "seperate but equal" education and other services was not equal at all -

a)

Plessy V. Ferguson

b)

Brown V. Board of Education

c)

Sweatt V. Painter

d)

Hernandez V. Texas

23.

MLK dreamed that his "children would not be judged by the color of their skin but by ...."

a)

diversity awareness

b)

their fashion choices

c)

which political party they identified with

d)

the content of their character

24.
An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.
a)
affirmative action
b)
de facto segregation
c)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
d)
National Organization for Women 
25.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through...
a)
violence and riots.
b)
the political system.
c)
education.
d)
nonviolent passive resistance.
26.
Segregation caused by private action & not legislation
a)
de facto segregation
b)
de jure segregation
c)
affirmative action
d)
ex post facto segregation
27.

Segregation caused by legislation from the government

a)
de facto segregation
b)
de jure segregation
c)
affirmative action
d)
ex post facto segregation
28.

This famous civil rights leader wanted equal rights "by any means necessary"

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Malcolm Luther King

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Malcolm Y

29.

A legal term that allowed segregation, as long as both white and African American areas and services were equal.

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

14th Amendment

c)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

d)

separate but equal

30.

The NAACP stands for...

a)

The National Association for Adding continents and people

b)

The Nation Association for Advancement of Colored Pencils

c)

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

The National Association for the Advertisement of Classes and Paper

31.
What was the purpose of the 24th amendment?
a)
It ended slavery
b)
It ended segregation based on race
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It made it legal for Thurgood Marshall to be chosen to serve on the Supreme Court.
32.

What does SCLC stand for?

a)

Students Clarify Losing Company

b)

Southern Catholic Leadership Committee

c)

Students Christian Leadership Committee

d)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

33.

What does SNCC Stand for?

a)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

b)

Student Nonviolent Committed Committee

34.

African American woman that led sit-ins to break down segregation in Oklahoma City

a)

Clara Luper

b)

Patience Latting

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Lelia Foley-Davis

35.

What made them start the Selma to Montgomery March

a)

They needed exercise and they decided to do it together like a march.

b)

They marched to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote.

c)

They marched because they were trying to get the buses out of business and no one would ride them.

d)

They were trying to start a cult.

36.

When did the Selma to Montgomery March start?

a)

July 8, 1972

b)

August 16, 1992

c)

March 7, 1965

d)

February 25, 1892

37.

___________________ had a very different approach to MLK, Jr. He insisted on equality no matter what it took. This ultimately led to violence.

a)

Robert Abernathy

b)

Robert Kennedy

c)

Malcolm X

d)

John Lewis

38.

In 1963, four girls were killed in a bombing at the ___________________ in Birmingham, Alabama.

a)

bus station

b)

grocery store

c)

state capital

d)

16th Street Baptist Church

39.
Founded in 1942,working with other civil rights groups, launched a series of initiatives: the Freedom Rides, aimed at desegregating public facilities, the Freedom Summer voter registration project and the historic 1963 March on Washington.
a)
NAACP
b)
SNCC
c)
SCLC
d)

CORE

40.

Whos assassination caused riots all over the Country?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Rosa parks

c)

Malcolm x

d)

John F Kennedy

41.

Whose assassination in 1968 angered Americans and caused many riots?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

MLK

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Jesse Owens

42.

Truman ___________ the armed forces and led the way for more Civil Rights

a)

desegregated

b)

segregated

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