Civil Rights Movement Test

Civil Rights Movement Test

1. The Amendment that outlawed poll taxes was the:
2. 13th.
3. 14th.
4. 15th.
5. 24th.

1. In his 1963 “I have a dream” speech, MartinLuther King expressed his desire for:
2. Black Power.
3. armed resistance.
4. black nationalism.
5. racial equality.

1. Bull Conner became the symbol of police brutality for his actions against Civil Rights protesters in:
2. Selma, AL.
3. Birmingham, AL.
4. Montgomery, AL.
5. Greensboro, NC.

1. American slavery ended with:
2. the end of Reconstruction.
3. the Union victory in the Civil War.
4. the victory of the American Revolution.
5. a Supreme Court decision.

1. Jim Crow laws:
2. created segregation.
3. ended segregation.
4. stopped foreign immigration.
5. appeared during the American Revolution.

1. What organization did African American leaders create to direct sit-in protests?
2. The Black Panthers.
3. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
4. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
5. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

1. The author of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was:
2. MalcolmX.
3. Emmitt Till
4. RosaParks.
5. MartinLutherKingJr.

1. In 1965, the voting rights of African Americans were assured by both the Twenty Fourth Amendment that prohibited ______, and the Voting Rights Act that prohibited ______.
2. poll taxes; literacy tests
3. literacy tests; poll taxes
4. white primaries; literacy tests.
5. grandfather clauses; white primaries.

1. Of the following, which president showed the strongest commitment to aiding African American Rights?
2. DwightEisenhower
3. JohnF.Kennedy
4. LyndonJohnson
5. RichardNixon

1. The purpose of the Civil Rights protests in SelmaAL was to fight for:
2. equal hiring practices.
3. an end to segregation on city buses.
4. an end to police brutality.
5. voting rights.

1. All of the following happened in BirminghamAL except:
2. the beating of protesters on the EdmundPettus bridge.
3. the use of police dogs and fire hoses against protesters.
4. the bombing of black churches.
5. the arrest of MartinLutherKingJr.

1. The first sit in occurred in:
2. Selma, AL.
3. Birmingham, AL.
4. Montgomery, AL.
5. Greensboro, NC.

1. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
2. Thurgood Marshall
3. EmmettTill
4. EarlWarren
5. MartinLutherKingJr.

1. The winning attorney in the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
2. Thurgood Marshall
3. EmmettTill
4. EarlWarren
5. MartinLutherKingJr.

1. The first black justice on the Supreme Court.
2. Thurgood Marshall
3. EmmettTill
4. EarlWarren
5. MartinLutherKingJr.

1. Often viewed as the principle leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
2. Thurgood Marshall
3. EmmettTill
4. MalcolmX
5. MartinLutherKingJr.

1. A Civil Rights leader who believed in a more aggressive and possibly even violent stance for the advancement of the black community.
2. Thurgood Marshall
3. RosaParks
4. MalcolmX
5. MartinLutherKingJr.

1. The person who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
2. Thurgood Marshall
3. RosaParks
4. EmmettTill
5. MartinLutherKingJr.

1. Found beaten to death, this person drew national attention to the racial hatred of the South.
2. Thurgood Marshall
3. EarlWarren
4. Emmitt Till
5. MalcolmX

1. The public school system was shut down to avoid integration in:
2. Selma, AL.
3. Birmingham, AL.
4. Little Rock, AR.
5. Greensboro, NC.

Completion

1. Compare the court cases Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and explain how they were related.

1. What was the importance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

1. What basic method was used for actions during the Civil Rights Movement? Give some examples:

1. What methods were used against the Civil Rights protestors by white authorities?
2. What effect did race riots have on the Civil Rights Movement?

1. In what ways did the Civil Rights Movement by blacks change the United States?

Define/Identify:

1. The Emancipation Proclamation:

1. Freedom Riders:

1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

1. Black Power:

1. Affirmative Action: