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USII.9a #2
Test Description: Civil Rights
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How did Martin Luther King Jr believe African Americans should protest their treatment by whites and the government?
A
Passively with peaceful protest
B
By using the news media
C
By fighting in the streets
D
Aggressively in violent marches
2) Which Civil Rights leader is correctly matched with his or her accomplishment?
A
Martin Luther King, Jr. → Founded the NAACP
B
James Baldwin → Sent troops to Little Rock to force desegregation
C
Rosa Parks → Started a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
D
Malcolm X → Led the March on Washington in 1963
3) One example of segregation in the early 1950s is when African Americans and whites could NOT —
A
participate in protest marches
B
learn in the same school
C
serve in military units
D
work in the same factory
4) Which of the following does not represent major civil rights legislation during the civil rights movement?
A
Civil Rights Act 1899
B
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act 1965 16th Amendment 21st Amendment 24th Amendment
C
Voting Rights Act 1965
D
Civil Rights Act of 1964
5) What was the major change that took place after the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
A
American churches integrated.
B
American schools gradually integrated.
C
American schools gradually segregated.
D
Government jobs became desegregated.
6) What is the name of the organization that was formed to combat discrimination and work towards equal rights for African Americans?
A
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
B
National Association of African Americans in Human Resources
C
National Black Child Development Institute
D
National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery
7) In 1961, the Freedom Riders rode buses to —
A
protest the expansion of American involvement in Vietnam
B
demonstrate in support of equal rights for women
C
expose illegal segregation practices in the South
D
raise environmental awareness of automobile pollution
8) Which woman's refusal to give up her seat on a bus started the Montgomery bus boycott?
A
Georgia O'Keeffe
B
Rosa Parks
C
Susan B. Anthony
D
Eleanor Roosevelt
9) In 1955, how did the members of the black community of Montgomery, Alabama try to force a change in the city's practice of racial segregation?
A
NAACP suit before the Supreme Court
B
March on Washington D.C.
C
Bus boycott
D
Voter registration drives
10) What was the purpose of the sit-ins?
A
To protest segregated lunch counters
B
To protest segregated buses
C
To protest segregated parks
D
To protest segregated restrooms
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