Civil Rights Movement Exam
Civil Rights Movement - African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Women, Native Americans
- 1.Which of the following affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of the Jim Crow laws?
- A.
The Fourteenth Amendment
- B.
The Civil Rights Act of 1875
- C.
The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
- D.
The decision in Morgan v. Virginia
- 2.Which doctrine relating to public education was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
- A.
Due process of law.
- B.
"separate but equal".
- C.
"all deliberate speed".
- D.
Equal protection of the law.
- 3.According to the Kerner Commission, what was the main cause of urban violence?
- A.
White racism.
- B.
School segregation.
- C.
Black nationalism.
- D.
De jure segregation.
- 4.The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?
- A.
Housing.
- B.
Churches.
- C.
Private universities.
- D.
Public accommodations.
- 5.The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?
- A.
Hiring an employee
- B.
Selling or renting a home.
- C.
Awarding a construction contract.
- D.
Admitting students to state universities.
- 6.What was the main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery Improvement Association in response to segregation on buses?
- A.
Social
- B.
Econmic
- C.
Political
- D.
Physical force
- 7.Which of the following was not advocated by the Black Panthers?
- A.
Nonviolence
- B.
Black Power
- C.
Black nationalism
- D.
Community development
- 8.Which of the following is an example of de facto segregation?
- A.
Poll taxes.
- B.
Jim Crow Laws.
- C.
A concentration of urban African Americans in slum areas.
- D.
A voter literacy test given to African Americans in the South.
- 9.To achieve victory in the struggle for civil rights, Martin L. King, Jr., and other members of SCLC encouraged a policy of
- A.
Armed confrontation.
- B.
Lawsuits.
- C.
Nonviolent protest.
- D.
National strikes.
- 10.Martin Luther King, Jr., was a founder and the first president of the ___.
- A.
Nation of Islam.
- B.
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
- C.
Southern Christian Leadership Committee.
- D.
Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
- 11.One accomplishment of the ____ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities.
- A.
Little Rock Nine.
- B.
Freedom riders.
- C.
Black Panthers.
- D.
Freedom summer.
- 12.De jure segregation is segregation that results from ___.
- A.
Laws.
- B.
Random choice.
- C.
Habit and custom.
- D.
Inequalities in education.
- 13.Appealing to many African Americans' anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power, ___ preached a militant approach to civil rights.
- A.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
- B.
Malcolm X
- C.
Medgar Evars.
- D.
Fannie Lou Hamer.
- 14.The black power movement taught that African Americans should
- A.
Separate from white society and lead their own communities.
- B.
Strive to end segregation with boycotts and strikes.
- C.
Emigrate back to Africa, similar to Marcus Garvey.
- D.
Use nonviolent protest to bring about change.
- 15.Civil rights activists used this technique to force segregated establishments (businesses) to serve African Americans.
- A.
Freedom rides.
- B.
Boycotts.
- C.
Sit-ins.
- D.
The March on Washington.
- 16.The Congress of Racial Equality pursued its goals through
- A.
Women's church groups.
- B.
Bold newspaper advertisements.
- C.
Congressional committees.
- D.
Peaceful confrontation.
- 17.The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was organized by
- A.
Young African Americans.
- B.
African American clergyman.
- C.
Pacifists
- D.
White and African American businessmen.
- 18.After Freedom Riders were violently attacked in Alabama, they
- A.
Moved the protest to Chicago.
- B.
Armed themselves for protection.
- C.
Abandonded the protest.
- D.
Received federal protection.
- 19.Unlike the early civil rights leaders, Malcolm X believed strongly that
- A.
The races should be separated.
- B.
African Americans should copy whites.
- C.
School should be fully integrated.
- D.
African Americans should move to Mecca.
- 20.All of the following resulted from the civil rights movement EXCEPT
- A.
Making segregation illegal.
- B.
Opening the political process to more African Americans.
- C.
Eliminating poverty for African Americans in the U.S.
- D.
Giving African Americans a new sense of ethnic pride.
- 21.The greatest achievement of the NAACP during the Civil Rights movement was winning the Brown v. Board of Education decision which
- A.
Ordered public schools to desegregate.
- B.
Allowed black-white marriages.
- C.
Ended segregation of transportation.
- D.
Protected blacks rights to vote.
- 22.This organization goals were equal rights through gradual change using nonviolent protest based on Gandhi's philosophy of non-violent civil disobedience.
- A.
SCLC
- B.
SNCC
- C.
NAACP
- D.
CORE
- 23.This ogranization focused on recruiting young activist and pushing for immediate change
- A.
SCLC
- B.
SNCC
- C.
NAACP
- D.
CORE
- 24.The sit-ins protested segregation in
- A.
Lunch counters.
- B.
Busses.
- C.
Trains.
- D.
All of these.
- 25.Sit-ins were primarily conducted by
- A.
Church groups.
- B.
Students.
- C.
Black WWII veterans.
- D.
The NAACP.
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