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