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Worksheetscivil rights pt 2
Total questions: 136
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
Martin Luther King jr was a
Singer
Preacher
Movie star
Robber
Name of the famous speech given at the March on Washington by MLK
Letters from a Birmingham Prison
Emancipation Proclamation
Declaration of Independence
I Have a Dream
MLK’s first organized protest
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sit-ins
Freedom Riders
Little Rock 9
MLK did all of the following (select all that apply)
Encouraged people to not follow unjust laws
Promoted non-half violent tactics
Gave the speech “I have a dream” at the march on Washington
Head lawyer of NAACP
Leader of the Montgomery bus boycott
MLK was assassinated in
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
Who cofounded the committee of racial equality, later known as the Congress of racial equality
MLK
JFK
Malcolm X
James Farmer
What was the goal of CORE
To bring an end to segregation in America through courts and law suits
To bring an end to segregation in America through violence
To bring an end to racial segregation in America through nonviolence
Who believed that separatism was the only way
Martin. Luther King Jr
John F Kennedy
James Farmer
Malcolm X
Malcolm X believed whites and blacks should live separate of one another but African Americans should be ____________
Given the same opportunities
Given better opportunities
Given less opportunities
Malcolm X views of separatism was promoted by the ________
The Russian police
Nation of Israel
Nation of Islam
Germany
The subgroup of Islamic religion that supported Malcolm X’s belief of separatism was commonly known as the
White separatist
Black separatist
White muslims
Black Muslims
Who believed, “by any means necessary - violence if need be”?
JFK
MLK
Malcolm X
James Farmer
Fill in the blank “by any means necessary - ______ if need be
Sit-ins
Violence
Lawsuits
Boycotts
Malcolm X started this movement
White Tiger
Black Tiger
White Panther
Black Panther
the black panther movement believed that
War can only be abolished through war
War can only be abolished through communication
War can only be abolished through negotiations
Later Malcolm X changed his way of thought after
Pilgrimage to Sinaii
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Vacation to Rome
Vacation to Columbia
How are MLK and Malcolm X similar?
Both believed that African Americans should be given better opportunities than others
Both believed African Americans should be offered the same opportunities as whites
Both believed in violence
Both believed in non violence
How are MLK and Molcolm X different ( select al that apply)
Malcolm X believed in separation, king did not
Both believed in nonviolence
King believed in separation and Molcolm X didn’t
King believed in non violence, Malcolm X did not
The success of the civil rights movement in the 1960s gave rise to growing _______ in being African American politics
Concern
Unity
Pride
Hatred
Many black leaders recognize the importance of black pride as well as the harm done by the feelings of _____ that long afflicted African Americans
Hunger
Inferiority
Hatred
Innocence
Younger and more race conscious blacks adopted ( select all that apply)
Dresses and suits
Afro haircuts
African inspired dashiks in place of shirts and ties
Dreds
Black Panthers urged black America to (select all that apply)
Only use non violence
Force equality
Arm themselves
Confront white society
MLK was frustrated that ______ was not pushing for more civil rights laws
JFK
Johnson
Monroe
Marshall
MLK was frustrated the JFK was not pushing for more _____
Demonstrations
Changes in the Supreme Court
Voting rights
Civil Rights Laws
MLK noticed that the only time JFK stepped in was if it became
Convenient
Non violent
Violent
Known worldwide
To get the attention of JFK and force him to step in, MLK planned a demonstration in
Atlanta
Montgomery
Birmingham
Memphis
Why did MLK plan the demonstration in Birmingham?
Because he knew the demonstration would invoke a violent response
Because he knew the response would be non-violent
Because he liked the city of Birmingham Alabama
Because he couldn’t travel to Montgomery, Alabama
Typically, Birmingham, AL enforced ______ and had a reputation of ___.
Segregation; non-violence
Segregation; violence
Desegregation; violence
Desegregation; non-violence
How many days of protesting did it take before MLK was arrested?
6
7
8
9
After 8 days of protesting, King was ____
Fined
Arrested
Killed
Burned
King was placed in
A bath tub
A community jail
Solitary confinement
A group home
King wrote this from Jail
I Have a dream
Emancipation Proclamation
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Declaration of Independence
King knew that protestors were breaking the law but he argues they were following a
Conscious
Agreement made with their families
Higher moral law based on divine justice
Higher moral law based upon need
White America saw ____ kids get arrested and attacked with dogs
50
100
250
500
Kennedy was outraged by the ____ of the attacks
Ease
Brutality
Number
Simplicity
Kennedy was worried by the (select all that apply)
Brutality of the attacks
Ease of attacks
Possibility rhe government was losing control
Number of attacks
Outrage by the brutality and worried that the government was losing control. Kennedy ordered a new _______ to be created
Voting bill
Civil rights bill
Income tax
Voting map
At the March on Washington, _____ + demonstrators flocked to Washington DC
100,000
200,000
10,000
20,000
The march on Washington was highlighted by Kings _______ speech in front of the Lincoln memorial
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Declaration of Independence
Emancipation proclamation
I Have A Dream
At the march on Washington, Martin Luther King gave that I have a dream speech in front of
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
White House
Capitol
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his. I have a dream speech on this date as part of the March on Washington.
Jan18,1975
Aug 28, 1964
Aug 28, 1963
Jan 28, 1964
How was farmer similar to MLK?
Both worked to end racial segregation through nonviolence
Both worked to end Rachel segregation through violence
Both hail bus boycotts
What was the purpose of MLK’s letter from a Birmingham jail?
To use violence to end segregation
To use violent measures to defend property
Citizens should protect against unfair treatment
Citizens should not worry about unfair treatment
Equal access for all citizens to restaurants, parks, library, theaters was part of what act
Civil rights act of 1957
Civil rights act of 1964
Voting Rights act of 1965
The civil rights act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on _____ (select all that apply)
Color
Age
Race
Religion
National origins
The civil rights act of 1964 granted the federal government new powers to
To arrest others
Enforce the laws
Kill protestors
The civil rights act of 1964 banned segregation in
Public places such as restaurants and buses
Churches
Private places
The civil rights act of 1964 created the
Bus boycott
SCLC
NAACP
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOC stands for
Equal employment opportunity commission
Equal education opportunity commission
Equal education options committee
Equal employment options committee
An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education
Desegregation
Affirmative Action
Opposition
Segregation
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides _____
Affirmative action
Segregation
Separation
This amendment prohibited, any poll, taxes, and elections for federal officials
19th
22nd
21st
24th
In 1978 this person challenged the University of California Davis’ medical school’s policy of reserving 16 out of 100 slots for the disadvantaged minority students.
JFK
MLK
Alan Bakke
Thurman Marshall
In the University of California v. Bakke, Bakke challenge the University of California, Davis medical school’s policy of reserving 16 out of 100 slots for disadvantage of minority students on the grounds that the policy violated his constitutional right to _____________
An equal chance for health care
An equal chance for student housing
An equal chance at a publicly supported education
University of California was reserving ___ out of every 100 slots for disadvantaged minority students
13
14
15
16
17
University of California V. Bakke challenged ______
Equal but separate
Affirmative action
Desegregation
University of California v. Bakke results barred the use of race as the ____ criteria for excluding an applicant from consideration for a college admissions program
Sole (only)
Used
MLK scheduled a March and 1965 in the location of
Birmingham, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Selma, Alabama
Although African-Americans made up the majority of the population, only ____ we’re registered to vote
2%
3%
4%
5%
name of the sheriff in Selma, Alabama, that encouraged violence upon the protesters
Jim Clark
John Davis
Jim Crow
Davis Clark
And the Selma, March in 1965 how many African-Americans including school children were arrested?
1000
1500
2000
2500
After watching the violence on TV related to the Selma, March, this president proposed new voting rights law
JFK
Monroe
Madison
Johnson
The voting rights law that President Johnson proposed became known as the
Civil Rights act of 1957
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting rights law of 1965
Voting rights law of 1966
By the late 1960s, the civil rights movement had____ into different movements for equality
Split
Joined together
MLK went to this town and support of a strike of African-American sanitation workers
Birmingham, AL
Montgomery, AL
Selma, AL
Memphis, TN
on April 4, 1968 as MLK stood on the balcony in Memphis Tennessee he was ______
Scared by a mob
Struck by lightning
Assassinated by a sniper
Found singing hymns
What did Congress pass in 1968 following MLK‘s death?
Civil rights act of 1968
Voting rights act of 1965
Civil rights act of 1965
Civil rights act of 1957
The Civil Rights act of 1968 outlawed
Discrimination in churches
Segregation on buses
Segregation in public schools
Discrimination in housing sales and rentals
How did the civil rights movement improve the lives of African-Americans and other minority groups?
Gave them better homes than the whites
Gave them better medical care than the whites
Created new opportunities that never existed before
Which court case reviewed the constitutionality of affirmative action
State v Federal Authority
Little Rock nine
Plessy v Ferguson
University of California v Bakke
What was the goal of the voting rights act of 1965?
Equal pay
Increased voting rights for African Americans
Equal job opportunities for African Americans
Equal housing
At the start of the civil rights movement to about 1965 there were two main focuses of the movement. What are these two
Segregation
Health care
Housing
Voting rights
The believe that men and women should be equal politically economically and socially, began as early as the 1920s and is called
Feminism
Disabled rights
Asian American movement
A new feminist movement began in the
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
Feminism believed that men and women should be equal in all of the following areas
Politically
Physically
Socially
Economically
By the early 1960s women became increasingly resentful of old
Stereotypes
Household duties
As women joined the _____ the protest for equality increased
School system
Driving force
Workforce
This person urged President Kennedy to study the status of women
MLK
Malcolm X
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mrs.King
When this was passed, it outlawed paying men more than women for the same job
Equal Pay Act
Civil Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
Roe v Wade
This outlawed job discrimination and became the legal basis for advances by the women’s movement
Roe v Wade
Voting Rights Act
Equal Pay Act
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Which part of the 1964 civil rights act outlaw job discrimination
Title V
Title VI
Title VII
Title VIII
What was the name of the author who wrote the book that starred up women across the entire nation?
Thurgood Marshall
Betty Friedan
Cesar Chavez
Betty Butler
What was the name of Betty Friedan’s book that stirred up women all across the country?
The Help
The Feminine Way
The Feminine Mystique
National Organization for Women
For Betty Friedan’s book, Friedan traveled around the country interviewing
Men who she went to elementary school with
Women she went to elementary school with
Men who graduated with her from Smith College in 1942
Women who graduated with her from Smith College in 1942
Friedan found that while women reported that they had everything they could want they still felt
Sad
Unfulfilled
Angry
Hungry
The book The Feminine Mystique became a
Bestseller
Movie
Cartoon
Opening act for a play
In June 1966 this woman felt it was time for a national women’s organization to promote women into mainstream America
Betty Jones
Laura Fredman
Betty Friedan
Sarah Todd
NOW stands for
Night of Want
Night of Women
National Open Work Policy
National Organization for Women
The national organization for women responded to many issues facing women and demanded greater __________for women
Voting rights
Health care options
Educational opportunities
Political engagement
The national organization for women (NOW) denounced the exclusion of women from certain _____ and ______ positions (choose 2)
Schools
Professions
Hospitals
Political
Some successes of the women’s movement include (select all that apply)
Federal legislation banning sex discrimination in education
The law that allowed a women to have abortions during the first trimester (3 months of pregnancy)
Greater equality for women in the educational system
Title IX that prohibited federally funded schools from discriminating against girls in nearly all aspects of their operations, from admissions to athletes
Liberal ______ laws regarding a woman’s mental health are in the case of rape or incest
Seatbelt law
Abortion laws
Civil rights laws
Voting laws
How did women finding jobs in the 1970s affect the national birth rate?
It went down, the National birthrate declined
It stayed the same, there was no change
It went up, the National birthrate increased
How are women portrayed in the 1950s media?
Working as school teachers
working as nurses
As Housewives
Working in industrial settings
What was the name of the book that symbolized the women’s liberation movement?
The Help
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Way
The biggest change regarding abortion came in the 1973 Supreme Court decision________
Roe v Smith
Dobbs v Jackson
Herndon v smith
Roe v. Wade
First trimester is the same as the
First 6 months of pregnancy
First 4 months of pregnancy
First 3 months of pregnancy
First month of pregnancy
In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that state governments could or could no longer regulate abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy
They could
They could no longer
According to Roe V. Wade, this is a time within a woman’s constitutional right to privacy.
First trimester
Second trimester
Third Trimester
Roe v Wade
Gave rise to the Right-to-life movement
gave rise to the voting movement
Gave rise to singing and praising their actions
in 2002,Roe v Wade was ________
Questioned
Overturned
Upheld
What Supreme Court case overturned Roe v Wade
Plessy v Ferguson
Dobbs v Jackson
Doug v Ferguson
Doug v Jackson
After the immigration act of 1965 past the number of Hispanic Americans living in the United States
Increased greatly
Decreased significantly
Increased slightly
Decreased slightly
Hispanics came to the United States to flee________ or find jobs and better lives
Segregation
Persecution
Oppression
True or false: many Hispanics arrived legally
True
False
Many Hispanics arrived in the United States illegally and often were exploited by _______ and _______
Teachers, police
Police, firemen
Boarder crossing guards, employers
Firemen, teachers
In the 1960s the Latino population grew from ____ million to ______ million
2; 9
3; 9
4; 8
4; 9
Today there are ______ million Latinos
40
41
42
43
Many Latinos were brought through the ______ program
Asian American
Bracero
Native American
Wounded Knee
Latinos were paid _____
Low
High
Very High
Very Low
Migrant Latino families made only a ______ as much as the average
Tenth
Fourth
Third
Half
Farm workers movement: many migrant workers were ______ and paid_______
Mistreated; high
Treated well; poorly
Treated well; highly
Mistreated; poorly
A Mexican American, who was inspired by the civil rights movement and the nonviolent resistance of MLK and Gandhi
Wounded Knee
Cesar Chavez
Donaldson Lee
Juan Soato
Name the two individuals that organized two groups that fought for the rights of farm workers
Rodney Kilimgsworth
Cesar Chavez
Dolores Huerta
Eleanor Roosevelt
What type of boycott did the farm workers organize?
Corn
Potatoes
Table grapes
Strawberries
Chavez and Huerta two groups that fought for the rights of farmworkers combined into one group _______________
The United Farmers
The United Farm Workers
The Farmers Alliance
Farmers are Us
When the table grape boycott ended in 1970 the great growers agreed to raise (select all that apply)
Amount of responsibility
Wages
Working conditions
Number of hours worked daily
This group began to organize in the late 1960s and the early 1970s as a result of grievances
Asian Americans
Disabled
Gays/Lesbians
Native Americans
The grievances of the Native Americans included (select all that apply)
Short Life Expectancy
Low income
High unemployment
Limited education
Discrimination
This called for policies to create greater economic opportunities on reservations
Declaration of independence
Native Americans for the US
Declaration of Indian purpose
Americans for the Native Americans
Native Americans formed ____ groups
Harvest
Militant
Enforcement
Policing
a native American militant group that made a symbolic protest by occupying the abandoned federal prison Alcatraz Island
KKK
American Indian movement (AIM)
Native American Indian Movement (NAIM)
Where did the American Indian movement (AIM) occupy to protest
A basketball areana and students housing.
A church in SanFrancisco
The federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco
How long did the AIM group occupy the federal prison on Alcatraz Island
16 months
3 years
19 months
2 years
This group claimed ownership of the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay by saying
“By right of discovery”
“By right of want”
“By right to protect “
A violent protest occurred in 1973 where AIM members occupied the town of ________, South Dakota
San Francisco
Wounded Knee
Dirty Soil
White Feather
At wounded knee, there was a clash between these two groups. (select two).
FBI
Police
Farmers
Occupiers
How many Native Americans were killed at wounded knee
1
2
22
13
Name two successes or victories by the Native American movement
1975 passage of the Indian Self-Determination
Medicare
Medicaid
Educational assistance act
Which provided funds for Native American education, and enlarged travel roles in administrating federal programs
Educational Assistance Act
Voting Rights act
Allies Protection Act
Who were Caesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta fighting for?
Miners
From workers
Doctors
Lawyers
Why did Cesar Chavez fast?
To gain attention by the media
To get free assistant from lawyers
To get the attention of the doctors
Which group had the goal to gain civil and social liberties for Native Americans?
Asian American Movement
American Indian Movemenr ( AIM )
Disabled Rights Movement
Gay/Liberation
And what dramatic way did the AIM movement stage of protest?
By occupying the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco
By refusing to eat for more than 1 month
Through crime
By helping a doctor move into Alcatraz Garden
Which movement from the 1950s and 60s were concerned about sexual orientation and fear of losing jobs, family, and friends
Asian American
Disabled Rights
Gay/ Liertatio
Which group pushed for services for people with disabilities
Asian American Movemwnt
Disabled
Gay/liberation
