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- 1. Multiple Choice
The major goal of the civil rights movement of the 1960s was to...
establish a separate country for African Americans.
permit unlimited immigration.
end segregation based on race.
gain passage of an equal rights amendment to the Constitution.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Three headlines are listed below.
"Jackie Robinson Breaks Color Barrier in Major League Baseball"
"President Truman Issues Executive Order Desegregating Armed Forces"
"NAACP Challenges School Segregation"
These headlines are most closely associated with...
the effects of affirmative action programs
southern resistance to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the beginning of the modern civil rights movement
a decline in African American participation in political activities
- 3. Multiple Choice
In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
—Chief Justice Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, 1954
Which action occurred as a result of the Supreme Court decision excerpted above?
The requirement of equal access to school facilities for disabled student
The expansion of science in school curricula
The implementation of requirements for federal certification of private-school teachers
The desegregation of public schools
- 4. Multiple Choice
In the late 1800s, the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson —
established a legal remedy for victims of discrimination
created a legal justification for segregation laws
affirmed the legality of federal regulation of state elections
recognized public protests as a legal form of civil disobedience
- 5. Multiple Choice
1. Which statement accurately describes the trend of African American voter registration after the Voting Rights Act was passed?
The Voting Rights Act had little impact on voter registration in the South.
Fewer African Americans registered to vote
Passage of the Voting Rights Act ended racial discrimination in the South
Voter registration increased in the South after the Voting Rights Act was passed.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which action of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., included his “I Have a Dream” speech and led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The Albany Movement
The Birmingham jail letters
The March on Washington
The March from Selma to Montgomery
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which organization is the following: Student-led civil rights organization known for sit-ins, marches, voter registration drives, and Freedom Riders
SCVC
SCCC
SCNC
SNCC
- 8. Multiple ChoiceBlack nationalist leader who for awhile was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in NYC by Nation of Islam membersMalcolm XMartin Luther King, Jr.Stokely CarmichaelW.E.B. DuBois
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, first became famous for which of the following:Organizing the March on WashingtonNot giving us his bus seatWinning the court case of Brown versus Board of EducationGiving African Americans the right to vote
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?Segregation on buses became illegal a few days after Rosa Parks began the protestThousands of blacks blocked the streets so that buses could not finish their routesMartin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat to a white personSegregation of buses became illegal after many months of protesting
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