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Test Description: Review of Civil Rights Movement information
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional.
A
Plessy v. Ferguson
B
The Dred Scott case
C
Miranda v. Arizona
D
Brown v. Board of Education
2) 13 months protest of Rosa Parks' arrest, resulting in an end of segregation on city buses.
A
Montgomery Bus Boycott
B
Selma March
C
Freedom Rides
D
March on Washington
3) President Eisenhower sent U.S. troops to make sure that these students were allowed to attend the previously all white Central High School.
A
Little Rock Nine
B
Birmingham Children's Marchers
C
Ruby Bridges
D
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks
4) A form of peaceful protest in which people occupied seats in segregated facilities such as lunch counters.
A
sit ins
B
vandalism
C
boycott
D
picketing
5) Because adults became unwilling to risk arrest, children were recruited to participate in nonviolent protests in this most-segregated of southern cities.
A
Prisoners
B
Police officers and fire fighters
C
Children and teens
D
Senior citizens
6) 250,000 protesters showed up to listen to MLK's I Have a Dream speech and pressure Congress to pass a Civil Rights laws.
A
March on Washington
B
Birmingham Protests
C
Selma March
D
Montgomery Bus Boycott
7) This outlawed racial discrimination and segregation in schools, workplaces, and public places
A
13th Amendment
B
Civil Rights Act of 1964
C
19th Amendment
D
Voting Rights Act of 1965
8) This made it illegal for state and local governments to pass laws causing racial discrimination in voting rights, such as poll taxes and literacy tests.
A
19th Amendment
B
Voting Rights Act of 1965
C
Civil Rights Act of 1964
D
15th Amendment
9) Martin Luther King liked this kind of protest because he felt it would help convince the public of the rightness of the civil rights cause.
A
Nonviolent resistence
B
Riots
C
Looting
D
Vandalism
10) Which U.S. president sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to make sure 9 African American students could attend previously all white Central High School?
A
Dwight Eisenhower
B
John F. Kennedy
C
Harry Truman
D
Lyndon Johnson
11) During which event did MLK give his famous I Have a Dream speech?
A
Selma March
B
March on Washington
C
Montgomery Bus Boycott
D
Birmingham Children's March
12) What term is used to describe the separation of groups of people based on skin color?
A
segregation
B
prohibition
C
anti-Semitism
D
abolition
13) Why did many African Americans hesitate to speak out against discrimination?
A
they didn't want to be able to vote
B
they were afraid of losing their jobs
C
they preferred separate restrooms
D
they liked segregated schools
14) During which event did Martin Luther King, Jr. become a leader of the Civil Rights Movement?
A
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit in
B
March on Washington
C
Montgomery Bus Boycott
D
Freedom Rides
15) Which event helped convince Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
A
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit in
B
Selma March
C
Montgomery Bus Boycott
D
Freedom Rides
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