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Civil Rights Final Exam Prep

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The right to vote is also known as what?

a)

Republicanism

b)

Civicism

c)

Suffrage

d)

Populism

2.

A type of farming in which a farmer rents a piece of land and receives supplies from a landlord in exchange for a share of the crops and profits is known as what?

a)

Tenant Farming

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Debt Peonage

d)

Irrigation

3.

A farmer who works land owned by another person and pays rent in the form of crops or cash is known as a what?

a)

Crop Renter

b)

Crop Farmer

c)

Rent Farmer

d)

Tenant Farmer

4.

A Northern who moved South to support the policies of Reconstruction was called a what by Southerners?

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Yankee

c)

Scalawag

d)

Interlooper

5.

A Southerner who supported the policies of Reconstruction was known as a what by Southerners?

a)

Grafter

b)

Pirate

c)

Scalawag

d)

Carpetbagger

6.

Reconstruction, the period directly following the Civil War, took place between what two years in American history?

a)

1865

b)

1910

c)

1877

d)

1869

7.

Which of the following Constitutional Amendments were not passed as a part of Constitutional Reconstruction?

a)

13th

b)

16th

c)

14th

d)

15th

8.

The addition of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution were the key feature of what phase of Reconstruction?

a)

Presidential

b)

Equalist

c)

Radical

d)

Constitutional

9.

What terrorist group would become the most prominent form of resistance to the policies of Reconstruction?

a)

Red Shirts

b)

Klu Klux Klan

c)

White League

d)

Knights of the South

10.

The system of repressive laws in the South that would be passed as Reconstruction ended would be known as what?

a)

Green Cotton

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Johnnie Crow

d)

The New South

11.

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

a)

Redskins vs Giants

b)

Aylor vs Byrd

c)

Brown vs Board of Education

d)

Plessy vs Ferguson

12.
Laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities. 
a)
Racist
b)
Prejudice
c)
Discrimination
d)
Jim Crow
13.

What impact did Jim Crow laws have on African Americans?

a)

They kept them separated from the whites in public places.

b)

They granted them the right to vote.

c)

They brought more African Americans and whites closer together.

d)

They led to the creation of the Grange.

14.
What amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
15.
The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship
b)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
c)
Freed the slaves
d)
Gave landowners the right to sharecrop
16.
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
b)
Freed the Slaves
c)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
Forced African Americans back into slavery
17.
Which of the following was not a part of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
b)
Helped create African American Colleges
c)
Helped feed slaves
d)
Forced African Americans to become sharecroppers
18.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
19.
The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?
a)
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
b)
Free Food Bureau
c)
Jobs and Education Bureau
d)
Freedman's Bureau
20.

Banned slavery

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

21.

Granted citizenship & guaranteed equal protection under the law

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

22.

Gave African American men the right to vote

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

23.

Authorized the use of Federal troops for enforcement of African American Rights

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

24.

Believed preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Frederick Douglass

25.

Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education & accepted social segregation

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB Dubois

26.

Harvard graduate who co-founded the NAACP

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB Dubois

27.

Fought for adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed civil rights

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB Dubois

28.

Which of the following allowed officers to arrest African Americans who were unemployed?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1867

b)

Black Codes

c)

The Freedman's Bureau

d)

Plessy v Ferguson

29.

Civil Rights are

a)

Citizen's Rights

b)

State's Rights

c)

African American Rights

d)

Northern Rights

30.

The election of 1877

a)

Ended Reconstruction

b)

Established separate but equal

c)

Ensured equal rights for all

d)

Institutionalized segregation

31.

Jim Crow laws institutionalized

a)

Vocational training

b)

Segregation

c)

Civil Rights Act

d)

Servitude

32.

Which of the following was NOT a role of the Freedman's Bureau?

a)

Hunting down Confederates

b)

Registering marriages

c)

Establishing schools

d)

Negotiating contracts

33.

Reconstruction lasted about

a)

1 year

b)

10 years

c)

50 years

d)

100 years

34.
Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
a)
Integration
b)
Conflagration
c)
Confederation
d)
Segregation
35.

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

a)

Keep public facilities cleaner

b)

keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

c)

keep the races pure

d)

keep African-Americans from voting

36.

Tests given to African Americans at the voting polls.

a)

Literacy Tests

b)

Voting tests

c)

Government Tests

d)

Poll tests

37.

What areas were racially segregated?

a)

Schools

b)

Housing

c)

Public Transportation

d)

All of these answers

38.

You are eligible to vote if you grandfather was eligible to vote under this clause.

a)

Grandfather clause

b)

Father Clause

c)

Grandmother Clause

d)

Santa Clause

39.
Jim Crow was
a)
President of the United States
b)
Donald Duck's best friend
c)
a white actor who put charcoal on his face
d)
a bird 
40.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
41.

How did the ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson relate to the 14th amendment?

a)

It said that separate but equal was unfair

b)

It created laws that separated blacks and whites.

c)

It created laws that desegregated blacks and whites forever

d)

It created laws to unify America

42.

Plessy v. Ferguson

a)

a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality

b)

to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit

c)

Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social segregation

d)

Group formed by W. E. B. DuBois and others in 1909 to pursue the goals of economic, educational, and social equality for African Americans; inspired by the Niagara Movement

43.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

a)

an African American investigative journalist, educator, and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b)

Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social segregation

c)

Believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

Laws that enforced segregation in the southern states after Reconstruction

44.

Black Codes are ________________ Reconstruction. Jim Crow Laws are ________________ Reconstruction.

a)

before; during

b)

after; before

c)

during; after

d)

after; during

45.
Refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation.
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Selma March
c)
Little Rock Nine
d)
Civil Disobedience
46.
Group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
a)
Black Panthers
b)
Civil Disobedience
c)
N.A.A.C.P.
d)
Little Rock Nine
47.
Instrumental in ending legal segregation and became the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court.
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
George Wallace
d)
Thurgood Marshall
48.
African-American civil rights organization which is closely associated with Martin Luther King Jr, had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement.
a)
Black Panthers
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
d)
Little Rock Nine
49.
The refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy thru non-violent means.
a)
Affirmative Action
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Civil Disobedience
d)
Integration
50.
Landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
a)
14th Amendment
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Sweat v Painter
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
51.
African-American civil rights organization formed in 1909 by W. E. B. Du Bois and others.  Mainly used legal battles to win civil rights victories.
a)
Black Panthers
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
N.A.A.C.P.
d)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
52.

Which Civil Rights leader first rose to prominence as the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Bayard Rustin

d)

Emmett Till

53.

What is the separate-but-equal doctrine?

a)

A doctrine that promotes equality and fairness

b)

A doctrine that treats all people equally

c)

A doctrine that discriminates against African Americans

d)

A doctrine that allows segregation if separated races are treated equally

54.

In which case did the Court establish the separate-but-equal doctrine?

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

55.

Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Thurgood Marshall

56.

Desegregated all public schools. This was a major court case that involved Linda Brown attending an all-black school when an all-white school was closer to her home.

a)

Brown vs. the Board of Education

b)

13th Amendment

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Jim Crow Laws

57.

First African American Supreme Court judge. He was the attorney for Linda Brown with Brown vs. the Board of Education.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Rosa Parks

58.

When African Americans refused to ride the public busses as a sign of protest; this began when Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a black man.

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

March on Washington

c)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

15th Amendment

59.

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Voting Rights Act of 1964

60.
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
a)
let African Americans ride the bus.
b)
deny someone of a job because of their race.
c)
fire someone for not doing their job.
d)
kick someone out of the military.
61.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
62.
disobeying certain laws in non-violent ways in order to make a point
a)
Civil Obedience 
b)
Civil Disobedience 
c)
Riots
d)
Angry protesting
63.
Includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation).
a)
13th Amendment
b)
Integration
c)
Affirmative Action
d)
Jim Crow Laws
64.
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern states to challenge segregation and Jim Crow laws.
a)
Freedom rides
b)
Selma March
c)
Sit –in
d)
Black Panthers
65.
Who were the famous African American pilots known for their heroism?
a)
Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Brooklyn Bombers
c)
Saskatchewan Sabers
d)
New England Patriots
66.
Why couldn’t African American soldiers serve with white soldiers in the military?
a)
They weren't good enough.
b)
They did serve with white soldiers.
c)
Segregation didn't allow it.
d)
African American soldiers didn't want to.
67.
What did President Truman do after the war?
a)
He quit being president.
b)
He desegregated the military.
c)
He died. 
d)
He created a new holiday.
68.
What encouraged an increase in men wanting to join the military?
a)
The attack on Pearl Harbor.
b)
It was cool to join the military.
c)
They needed jobs.
d)
Their moms signed them up.
69.
The Tuskegee Program was seen as a what?
a)
Great Opportunity
b)
Equal Training
c)
Special Experiment
d)
New School
70.
How did the Tuskegee Airmen help in World War 2?
a)
They made equipment.
b)
They cooked.
c)
They dug trenches.
d)
They escorted bombers.
71.

What was the nickname given to the 332nd fighter squadron.

a)

"red tails"

b)

"blue tails"

c)

"red wings"

d)

The Chicago Cubs

72.

Who gave the executive order to train the Tuskegee Men

a)

FDR

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Kris Bryant

d)

George Bush

73.

What contribution did President Harry Truman make to the civil rights efforts in 1948?

a)

He passed an executive order integrating the military

b)

He forced the Supreme Court to take the case that would result in Brown vs. Board of Education

c)

He refused to allow Black soldiers to fight in the Korean War

d)

He encouraged Black college students to use non-violent tactics to work for civil rights

74.

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

75.

Treating one person or one group differently from others based on something other than merit.

a)

Discrimination

b)

Segregation

c)

Kindness

d)

Integration

76.

During the Montgomery Bus Boycott people were protesting the fact that

a)

blacks paid more to ride the bus than whites.

b)

blacks could not ride the bus.

c)

blacks had to sit separately from whites on the bus.

d)

blacks had to sit next to whites on the bus.

77.

What happened as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 24th Amendment?

a)

Expanded the political and economic opportunities for minorities

b)

Decreased the political and economic opportunities for minorities

78.

What movement during the 1920s helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Prohibition

c)

NAACP

d)

Harlem Renaissance

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