Civil Rights Movement In America Question Preview (ID: 63019)


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Mohandas Gandhi inspired many world leaders including __________________ during the American fight for civil rights.
a) Martin Luther King Jr
b) Malcolm X
c) Rosa Parks
d) Mr. Jones

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
a) gave women the right to vote
b) gave African Americans that had been born in the U.S. full citizenship rights
c) made it illegal to discriminate against people based on their color, race, sex, religion, or nationality
d) made it illegal to hire illegal immigrants within the U.S.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
a) It named black principals at previously all-white schools
b) it gave more state tax money to schools that did not integrate
c) it withheld federal funds from schools that did not end segregation
d) it provided armed escorts for students wanting to attend white schools

Who was known as the father of the Civil Rights Movement?
a) Martin Luther King
b) Jesse Jackson
c) Martin Halves
d) Franklin McCain

Which of the following was NOT assassinated during the Civil Rights Movement
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Robert Kennedy
c) John F. Kennedy
d) Lyndon B. Johnson

During what time period would way say that there was a Civil Rights movement?
a) 1950's
b) 1960's
c) 1970's
d) 1980's

This event began the civil rights movement
a) the Montgomery bus boycott
b) the Emancipation Proclamation
c) Martin Luther King's death
d) the Trail of Tears

Rosa Parks contributed to the Civil Rights movement by—
a) protesting against the wars in Korea and Vietnam
b) fighting for equal pay for women and African Americans
c) refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus
d) leading the March on Washington with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Which action is the best example of Dr. King's approach to the Civil Rights Movement?
a) peaceful sit-ins at segregated lunch counters throughout the nation
b) violent rioting in front of the White House
c) destruction of government buildings
d) assaulting whites who do not treat the blacks equally

Which pair of amendments proved most helpful to the development of the Civil Rights Movement?
a) 2nd and 3rd
b) 14th and 15th
c) 1st and 4th
d) 9th and 10th

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