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Quiz 9.1
Test Description: The Civil Rights Movement
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who was the first female African-American congresswoman?
A
Frances Willard
B
Shirley Chisholm
C
Sandra Day O'Connor
D
Oprah Winfrey
2) Who was the first African-American professional baseball player?
A
Billy Graham
B
Booker T. Washington
C
Bill Gates
D
Jackie Robinson
3) Which African-American civil rights leader supported a strategy of nonviolent resistance?
A
Shirley Chisholm
B
Jackie Robinson
C
Martin Luther King Jr.
D
Malcolm X
4) Which 1960's African-American civil rights leader is known for disagreeing with Martin Luther King's strategy?
A
Marcus Garvey
B
Billy Graham
C
Malcolm X
D
Rosa Parks
5) Which law made it illegal for employers and private businesses to discriminate against customers based on their ethnicity?
A
Civil Rights Act
B
Affirmative Action Act
C
Community Reinvestment Act
D
Voting Rights Act
6) The dividing up of public places such as schools and accommodations was called...
A
Isolationism
B
Segregation
C
Integration
D
Containment
7) Which of the following did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ban?
A
Poll Taxes
B
Literacy Tests
C
Proof of Residency
D
Age Requirements
8) Which of the following laws made it easier for minority citizens to vote by banning literacy tests?
A
The Affordable Care Act
B
Affirmative Action Act
C
The Civil Rights Act
D
The Voting Rights Act
9) Which phrase is most associated with Martin Luther King Jr.?
A
Civil disobedience
B
Black power
C
Expression through violence
D
Racial separation
10) The Civil Rights Movement was most focused on....
A
Holding Nixon accountable for the Watergate Scandal.
B
Expanding economic and political power to minorities.
C
Stopping the spread of communism in East Asia.
D
Making sure schools were all adequately funded.
11) The Civil Rights Act made which of the following actions illegal?
A
Refusing to give money to African-American candidates for political office.
B
Protesting the government's abuse of power during the Vietnam War.
C
Discriminating against employees.
D
Gathering large crowds to demonstrate against a political issue.
12) Which phrase can most be associated with Malcolm X and the Black Panthers?
A
Civil Disobedience
B
Nonviolent Resistance
C
Domino Theory
D
Change through Violence
13) Which political faction most opposed the goals of the Civil Rights Movement?
A
Aristocratic Democrats
B
Northeast Republicans
C
Southern Democrats
D
Evangelical Republicans
14) Which Christian leader notably supported the Civil Rights Movement?
A
Orval Faubus
B
George Wallace
C
Lester Maddox
D
Billy Graham
15) Which historic movement helped cause the Civil Rights Movement?
A
Woodstock
B
Social Darwinism
C
Temperance
D
Harlem Renaissance
16) The Twenty-Fourth Amendment banned which of the following voting practices that the South was using to keep minorities from voting?
A
Poll Taxes
B
Age Discrimination
C
Voter Intimidation
D
Literacy Tests
17) Which Civil Rights Leader is most well known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?
A
Rosa Parks
B
Susan Anthony
C
Shirley Chisholm
D
Betty Friedan
18) At which event did Martin Luther King Jr. make his 'I Have a Dream' speech?
A
The March on Washington
B
Woodstock
C
Montgomery Bus Boycott
D
Harlem Renaissance
19) Policies or laws that try to increase the opportunities available to minorities by giving them an advantage in admissions ares called....
A
Nonviolent Resistance
B
Peace Through Strength
C
One Person, One Vote
D
Affirmative Action
20) Attempts to discourage voting by threatening violence or fear is called.....
A
Civil Disobedience
B
Gerrymandering
C
Demonstrations
D
Voter intimidation
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