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