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- 1. Multiple ChoiceDuring World War II, how did the NAACP help African Americans?They challenged individual segregation cases in courtThey fought for equal opportunity for African Americans in housing and employmentThey helped African Americans register to voteall of the above
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich United States president ended segregation in the Armed Forces in 1948?Harry S. TrumanLyndon JohnsonDwight EisenhowerJohn F. Kennedy
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich United States president called in federal troops to support African American students at Little Rock Central High School?John F. KennedyDwight EisenhowerLyndon JohnsonHarry S. Truman
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat legal action helped to end segregation in public schools?Brown v. Board of EducationHernandez v. TexasPlessy v. FergusonThe Civil Rights Act of 1964
- 5. Multiple ChoiceName the Supreme Court Judge who made this statement about education:“We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of “separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are always unequal.”Orval FaubusThurgood MarshallEarl WarrenMartin Luther King, Jr.
- 6. Multiple Choiceforcing people to use separate facilities according to raceboycottsegregationcivil disobedienceintegration
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe mixing of different racial groupsboycottsegregationintegrationcivil disobedience
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Montgomery Improvement Association was created in ___________ to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott.1947195519651896
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded by ___________________African Americans to fight for Civil RightsWhite Americans to end integration lawsthe federal government to fight for Civil RightsThe state government to end integration laws
- 10. Multiple ChoiceMontgomery is located in the state of GeorgiaTrueFalse
- 11. Multiple ChoiceJackie Robinson was chosen as Rookie of the Year in his first year in the Major Leagues
TrueFalse - 12. Multiple ChoiceThe first war that US soldiers fought side by side in integrated units was the Vietnam WarTrueFalse
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe NAACP challenged the Plessy v. Ferguson for the first time during World War II.TrueFalse
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhy was Moses Fleetwood Walker important to the history of Major League Baseball?He was the first African American player to join a Major League team in 1947He was the first African American player to join a Major League team in 1884He was the first African American player to become Rookie of the yearHe was the first African American coach for a Major League team in 1884
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT an effect of the Montgomery bus boycott?It marked the end of segregated facilities and services in southern statesIt proved the effectiveness of civil disobedience as a way to win rightsMartin Luther King Jr emerged as a major civil rights leaderIt focused the nation’s attention on the struggle for civil rights in the South
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWho was the NAACP lawyer who later became the first African American Supreme Court Judge?Orval FaubusThurgood MarshallEarl WarrenMartin Luther King, Jr.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe United States Armed Forces were integratedIn 1948 after World War II endedIn 1948 before World War II endedIn 1955 after the Brown v. Board of Education decisionIn 1956 after the Montgomery Bus Boycott ended
- 18. Multiple ChoiceHow did Dwight Eisenhower help African Americans in the fight for equal rights?He was the Supreme Court judge who made the decision to end segregation in public schoolsHe was the Supreme Court judge who made the decision to end segregation on Montgomery BusesHe was the president of the United States who sent federal troops to escort African American children into a Little Rock High SchoolDwight Eisenhower was reluctant to help African Americans during his time as president
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat legal action made it acceptable to allow segregation in public facilities?Brown v. Board of EducationHernandez v. TexasPlessy v. FergusonThe Civil Rights Act of 1964
- 20. Multiple ChoiceLittle Rock is located in the state of ArkansasTrueFalse
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