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Civil Rights Movement Test
Test Description: Civil Rights Movement
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1) What were Jim Crow laws?
A
Laws that allowed employers to pay black workers less than white workers.
B
Laws that discriminated against migrant workers.
C
Laws that were struck down during Reconstruction.
D
Laws that forced black people to stay separated from white people.
2) What was the March on Washington?
A
a march for space exploration
B
a march for equality
C
a march against high taxes
D
a march through the state of Washington
3) Who was Rosa Parks?
A
a woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus
B
a congresswoman from Mississippi
C
a speaker at the March on Washington
D
a bus driver
4) Which if these states the most likely reason for the three assassinations that took place in the 1960s?
A
All three men made great promises to oppressed people.
B
All three men wanted to make big changes in society.
C
All three men believed that United States should set an example for the world.
D
All three men were well- known and admired by the country.
5) What was the Space Race?
A
the contest between the United States and the USSR to put human beings into space
B
the launch of two rockets at the same time to see which could reach orbit first.
C
experiments by NASA to find our which type of satellite could reach sace the fastest.
D
several different nations wanting to be the first to manufacture space rockets
6) Where did the Montgomery Bus Boycott happen?
A
Georgia
B
Texas
C
Alabama
D
Mississippi
7) What effect did the Fifteenth Amendment have on the U.S. Constitution?
A
The federal and state governments could not bar citizens from voting because of their race.
B
The enslavement of African Americans in the United States was no longer permitted in most states.
C
Discrimination against African Americans' voting rights ended.
D
The enslavement of African Americans in the United States was no longer legal.
8) Which of the following did Jim Crow laws promote?
A
racial equality
B
racial integration
C
racial segregation
D
racial harmony
9) When did Lyndon B Johnson become president?
A
when he won the 1956 election
B
when the Vietnam War became unpopular
C
when the Great Depression began
D
when John F Kennedy was assassinated
10) Which statement BEST explains how the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution compared the the Jim Crow laws?
A
One was developed to address voting, and the other was developed to address slavery.
B
Both were helpful to African Americans.
C
One addressed rights for women, and the other addressed free speech.
D
They had opposite purposes.
11) What impact on society did the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., have?
A
Congress passed the Civil Right Acts of 1968.
B
Congress introduced stricter laws against guns.
C
Relationships immediately improved between people of different races.
D
Some people who were angry about the assassination rioted.
12) In the 1950s, Rosa Park's actions helped lead to which major event in the Civil Rights Movement?
A
school desegregation
B
the Vietnam War
C
the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
D
the Montgomery Bus Boycott
13) What was one MAIN benefit of developing the technology to explore space for the United States in the 1960s and 1970s?
A
The technology for walking on the moon helps scientists understand global warming.
B
Rocks from the moon have special resources not found on Earth.
C
The people who went to the mood are able to give firsthand accounts of its features.
D
Development of space technology helped other military and scientific projects.
14) What organization did Cesar Chavez start?
A
North Atlanta Treaty Organization
B
The United Nations
C
The League of Nations
D
National Farm Workers Association
15) What did the Civil Rights Act end?
A
slavery
B
violence
C
segregation
D
integration
16) What event did Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have A Dream speech occur at?
A
March on Washington
B
National Farm Workers Association
C
Montgomery Bus Boycott
D
Brown vs Board of Education
17) Which of these phrases DO NOT describe Thurgood Marshall?
A
Civil rights activist
B
Lawyer during Brown vs Board of Education case
C
President
D
First African American Supreme Court judge
18) Which amendment got rid of the poll tax?
A
23rd
B
19th
C
15th
D
24th
19) During the 1950s, how did the United States Supreme Court become involved with segregation in public schools?
A
by writing laws that made segregation in public schools illegal
B
by allowing the president of the United States to declare segregation in public schools illegal
C
by supporting an amendment to the Constitution to make segregation in public schools illegal
D
by ruling in several cases that segregation in public schools was illegal
20) What court case explained the need for the separate but equal doctrine?
A
United States v Nixon
B
Plessy v Ferguson
C
Brown v Board of Education
D
Roe v Wade
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