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Civil Rights Movement. Chapter 29.
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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) 24th Amendment
Who was Rosa Parks?
a) a bus driver
b) a speaker at the March on Washington
c) a congresswoman from Mississippi
d) a woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus
Who was a key leader in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a) Malcolm X
b) Thurgood Marshall
c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
d) Robert Kennedy
The goal of the Civil Rights Movement was not to end racism. It was to guarantee rights and ____________for all Americans.
a) Property
b) Federalism
c) Equality
d) Freedom
President Eisenhower sent U.S. troops to make sure that these students were allowed to attend the previously all white Central High School.
a) Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks
b) Birmingham Children's Marchers
c) Ruby Bridges
d) Little Rock Nine
What prompted MLK to write his Letter from a Birmingham Jail?
a) He wanted to respond to his critics who felt the demonstrations were inappropriate.
b) He was disgruntled with the current demonstrations that weren't producing results.
c) President Kennedy placed him in jail.
d) Being in jail was a sign of peaceful protest - he put himself there.
Birmingham police chief Eugene Bull Connor used dogs and fire hoses to discourage civil rights marchers. Who actually benefited most from those tactics? It had to do with ugliness.
a) Bull Connor, who was called a hero and given a medal by President Kennedy
b) the civil rights movement, because the whole world could see the ugly face of racism
c) white racists who kept Birmingham from changing its segregation policies
d) white citizens who believed they were protected from the civil rights marchers
What was the goal of the Selma March?
a) to integrate bus terminal lunch counters
b) to get more low-cost housing built
c) to get voting rights legislation passed
d) to protest “Bull” Connor’s tactics
During the March on Washington:
a) Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his most famous speech
b) hundreds were arrested
c) Washington, DC endured a race riot
d) SNCC was estabished
What is the main difference between the beliefs MLK Jr. and Malcolm X
a) MLK believes you should use violence when necessary and Malcolm X believes in peaceful protests only
b) Malcolm X believes you should use violence when necessary and MLK believes in peaceful protests only
c) MLK believes that we should keep segregation and Malcolm X wants equal rights
d) Malcolm X believes that we should keep segregation and MLK wants equal rights
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