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