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WorksheetsCivil Rights and Great Society (ch 27-28)
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins
Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...
Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock Nine
Integration in Little Rock H.S.
Freedom Riders
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States
James Meredith
Black student who challenged Ole Miss
Jackie Robinson
first African-American baseball player to cross the "color line" and join MLB
13th Amendment
abolished slavery
14th Amendment
all persons born or naturalized in U.S. were entitled equal rights
15th Amendment
gave people right to vote regardless of race
Plessy v. Ferguson
Allowed "separate but equal" facilities.
Brown v. Board of Education
Ended segregation in public schools
Poll taxes and literacy tests limited which right of African Americans?
Voting
Equal Pay
Education
Health Insurance
Which term is most associated with Martin Luther King Jr?
Civil disobedience
Violent protests
Black militancy
Segregation
Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party are associated with ________.
civil disobedience
militancy ("by any means necessary")
cooperation
political lobbying
The important Civil Rights Act of 1964 calls for __________.
the end of discrimination in public areas
the integration of religious and state facilities
Jim Crows to continue
None of the above
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited ________.
any barriers to voting such as literacy tests and poll taxes
the government to conduct surveillance of polling sites
voters from seeing early drafts of ballot cards
poll workers from handing out reference materials to help voters read their ballots
What was the name of President Lyndon Johnson's plan to end poverty in America?
New Frontier
Great Society
Square Deal
New Deal
Check ALL of the following that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped end discrimination/segregation in
Transportations
Restaurants
Voting Rights
Movie Theaters
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed by
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
Richard M. Nixon
The Freedom Riders were a group of African Americans and Whites who rode buses to..?
Encourage A.A.'s to leave the south and move north
to protest racial segregation throughout the south
to promote membership in the KKK
to gain support for the Vietnam war
"Freedom Summer" involved what?
Volunteers help African Americans find jobs
MLK traveled across the US promoting civil rights
Volunteers help African Americans register to vote
Malcolm X urged African Americans to fight against whites
Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court was considered "activist" because of its
reluctance to overturn state laws
insistence on restricting freedom of speech to spoken words
expansion of individual rights in criminal cases
refusal to reconsider the issues of the Plessy v. Ferguson case
The decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Escobedo v. Illinois all advanced the
voting rights of minorities
guarantees of free speech and press
principle of separation of church and state
rights of accused persons
How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 contribute to the changes shown in this table?
It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites
It increased state revenues associated with poll taxes
It contributed to increased involvement of lobbyists in political campaigns.
It helped voters determine educational policy based on literacy test results.
Which organization's name correctly completes this table?
Nation of Islam
Black Panther Party
Congress of Racial Equality
NAACP
What was one result of the Great Society?
Poverty was eliminated in the United States.
the lives of many underprivileged Americans improved.
President Johnson's popularity plummeted.
The federal government shrank considerably.
Unlike Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy was
born into a middle class Protestant family
a self-made man from a small town in California
a large supporter of Eisenhower's ideas
wealthy and part of a politically powerful family
Which of the following Supreme Court decisions banned prayer in school?
Engel v. Vitale
Baker v. Carr
Miranda v. Arizona
Escobedo v. Illinois
Why did Kennedy expand the space program?
to bolster the nation's prestige and power in the face of several foreign policy setbacks
in order to install nuclear weapons in space
to fulfill his campaign promise to put a man on the moon
to shift the focus away from his domestic policy failures
Which person overthrew the dictator of Cuba and installed a communist government?
JFK
Ike
Castro
Batista
Why was the "Bay of Pigs" disaster considered the biggest blunder in JFK's short presidency?
it failed to successfully achieve the objective of assassinating Castro
it allowed China to gain the island of Taiwan
the USSR embarrassed the US at the Bay of Pigs
the US lost an aircraft carrier in the naval battle
Which of the following was not a result of the Soviets putting nukes in Cuba (Cuban Missile Crisis)?
naval blockade of Cuba
13 day standoff between the US and the USSR
JFK takes the world to the edge of WWIII
the US invades Cuba and removes the nukes
Who took control of the Soviet Union when Stalin died?
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
Trotsky
Lenin
The Peace Corps was established by President John F Kennedy in an effort to provide
support to developing nations of the world
job training for the unemployed
markets for consumer goods
teachers for inner-city areas
Which of the following would be the best example of what President Kennedy asked Americans to do in the excerpt?
conserve energy
support his reelection
perform civil service
oppose Supreme Court rulings
The map above shows that the placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba by the Soviet Union was unacceptable to US leaders primarily because -
the presence of missiles in Cuba would make a US invasion of the island impossible
the physical location of Cuba made large areas of the US vulnerable to attack
the physical location of the US obligation it to protect Canada from attack
the presence of missiles in Cuba would result in an arms race among Caribbean countries
What was President John F Kennedy response to Soviet plans to install nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962?
he attacked the missile silos with strategic air strikes
he had the army seize control of Cuba
he placed a blockade around Cuba and threatened war
he negotiated an agreement with Fidel Castro
During the 1960s, the escalation of United States involvement in the Vietnam War was based on the belief that
restoring French colonial power was necessary for political stability in Southeast Asia
a strong military presence would limit Japanese trade with Vietnam
a North Vietnamese victory would lead to further losses as predicted by the domino theory
a cease-fire agreement would increase college protests
Match the following
Miranda v. Arizona
Detained must be read their "rights"
Brown v. Board of Education
Leads to desegregation of the schools
Gideon v. Wainwright
All accused must be given an attorney
Engle v. Vitale
Separation of church and state in prayer
Plessy v. Ferguson
"separate but equal"
Medicaid
NASA
CORE
Civil Rights Act 1964
Head Start Program
Peace Corps
Alliance for Progress
Man on the Moon
SNCC
SCLC
Freedom Summer
Black Panthers
Voting Rights Act 1965
PBS
National Guard at Little Rock
If you were born on the 15th of April, what would your zodiac sign be?
Cancer
Aries
Scorpio
Libra
Which U.S. President was born on the 13th of April 1743?
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Which fat food franchise first opened its doors on April 15th, 1955?
McDonalds
Jack in the Box
Dairy Queen
A and W
Which legislation helped eliminate barriers such as literacy tests for African American voters?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Great Society Act
New Deal
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who delivered the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech during the March on Washington?
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Malcolm X
What was the primary goal of the Freedom Riders in the early 1960s?
To promote literacy among African Americans
To support presidential campaigns
To challenge segregation in interstate bus travel
To protest the Vietnam War
Which of the following best describes the main strategy used by Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement?
Economic sanctions
Nonviolent protest
Armed resistance
Political lobbying
Which program was created as part of the Great Society to provide health insurance for Americans over 65?
Medicaid
Social Security
Medicare
Head Start
Match the following events with their significance in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
The March on Washington
Famous for Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Considered the starting point of the Civil Rights Movement
The Selma to Montgomery March
Highlighted the struggle for voting rights
The Freedom Rides
Challenged segregation in interstate bus terminals
Match the following vocabulary
Sit-in Movement
4 students sat at a "whites only' lunch counter
24th Amendment
Forbid states from imposing a poll tax in order to vote
Affirmative Action
A federal program designed to actively recruit minorities
SNCC
gave young African Americans a greater voice in the civil rights movement organized sit-ins
MLK jr
led 13 month long boycott of public buses ending bus segregation. Gave "I have a dream" speech
(2016)Which pair of goals best completes this table?
1: Ensure the availability of affordable housing
2: Provide health insurance for senior citizens
1: Increase turnout of minority voters
2: Increase federal funds for public universities
1: Create an urban renewal movement
2: Increase the number of volunteers for community projects
1: Enforce equal access to public education
2: Provide programs to assist with food purchases
What was the name of the little girl who integrated a New Orleans kindergarten?
(a)
Put in order from most recent to least recent
Artemis II
Apollo 11
NASA sends up rockets
Election of JFK
Sputnik
Match the appropriate space missions
2026
1972
1969
Dark side of the moon
1st humans on the moon
last Americans on the moon
1st woman in deep space
American flag planted on the moon
3 separate moon walks
1957
1st artificial Earth satellite
