Civil Rights Test 2

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    Four students went to a Greensboro lunch counter and demanded to be served at a white only lunch counter. What type of protest did they carry out?

    • Massive resistance
    • Boycott
    • Sit in
    • Freedom Ride
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  • 2. 

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964...

    • Organized voter drives to bring out the African American vote

    • Made segregation illegal in the US and forbid unequal treatment

    • Created a form of nonviolent resistance for the Greensboro sit in

    • Organized the Freedom Riders

    Correct Answer
    A. Made segregation illegal in the US and forbid unequal treatment
  • 3. 

    What did some Americans conclude about race relations after the violence in Selma Alabama in 1965?

    • They were horrified at the violence that was being broadcast on national tv and realized that something needed to be done

    • They were aware of the violence and were still undecided what to do about civil rights

    • The protest had been a peaceful protest--- the attack on the protest group as they marched was violent and most were shocked by this event

    • Both and A and C

    Correct Answer
    A. Both and A and C
  • 4. 

    What was the main concept of the ruling of Plessy v. Fergsuon in 1896?

    • Separate but equal

    • Equality for all

    • Equality in education

    • Freedom for all

    Correct Answer
    A. Separate but equal
  • 5. 

    Which of the following is an example of segregation?

    • Refusing to ride on city bus

    • Forcing African Americans to attend different schools other than whites

    • Taking lands from Native Americans

    • Leading a rally for African American voters

    Correct Answer
    A. Forcing African Americans to attend different schools other than whites
  • 6. 

    Freedom Summer was an effort to...

    • Invite women into the workforce and find jobs

    • Help Native Americans find work and better careers

    • Help African American voters in Southern states

    • Minorities in NC

    Correct Answer
    A. Help African American voters in Southern states
  • 7. 

    The 24th Amendment did which of the following?

    • Gave women the right to vote

    • Ordered the federal government to return all land back to Native Americans

    • Helped African Americans gain voting rights by outlawing poll taxes

    • Ordered schools to provide bilingual education

    Correct Answer
    A. Helped African Americans gain voting rights by outlawing poll taxes
  • 8. 

    How did the Greensboro 4 impact the Civil Rights Movement?

    • Sit ins were eventually staged throughout the South helping to break up the Jim Crow Laws

    • Brought national attention to discrimination in the South

    • After discrimination was broken up, the African Americans had the ability to have equal purchasing power in the state/national econmoy

    • All of the Above

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the Above
  • 9. 

    Poll taxes and literacy tests...

    • Kept many African Americans from voting

    • Encouraged civil rights leaders

    • Helped women to get the right to vote

    • Were approved by the Supreme Court

    Correct Answer
    A. Kept many African Americans from voting
  • 10. 

    From whom did Martin Luther King Jr. get the idea of non violent resistance?

    • Rosa Parks

    • Winston Churchill

    • President Kennedy

    • Gandhi

    Correct Answer
    A. Gandhi
  • 11. 

    Rosa Parks protested the law that...

    • Prevented African Americans from riding the same buses

    • Prevented African Americans from riding city buses

    • Refused African Americans the right to attend school with white students

    • Required African Americans and whites to sit in separate sections of city buses

    Correct Answer
    A. Required African Americans and whites to sit in separate sections of city buses
  • 12. 

    Marches, sit-ins, and boycotts are examples of...

    • Civil rights

    • Massive resistance

    • Nonviolent forms of protest

    • Freedom events

    Correct Answer
    A. Nonviolent forms of protest
  • 13. 

    The event known as the "Little Rock Nine" - African American students were admitted to Central High School in Arkansas after...

    • The nine students held a sit in at the high school

    • Parents protested and took case to the local school board

    • President Eisenhower sent in National Guard troops in order to provide safe passage for students into the school

    • MLK protested the actions of the school

    Correct Answer
    A. President Eisenhower sent in National Guard troops in order to provide safe passage for students into the school
  • 14. 

    After WWII, the Holocaust had drawn world wide attention to what horrors?

    • Racism

    • Segregation

    • Massive resistance

    • Violent protests

    Correct Answer
    A. Racism
  • 15. 

    What was the main purpose of the Jim Crow Laws in the South?

    • Segregation of public places

    • Integration of public places

    • Punishment of the South for Civil War

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Segregation of public places
  • 16. 

    Most civil rights protests occurred in what location?

    • Washington DC

    • The Southern States

    • Voting polls

    • Supreme Court hearings

    Correct Answer
    A. The Southern States
  • 17. 

    Martin Luther King Jr. gained national attention during what key event?

    • March on Washington

    • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    • Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case

    • Greensboro Sit in

    Correct Answer
    A. Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • 18. 

    Which of the following would not be considered a "barrier breaker" for equality in the Civil Rights Era"? 

    • Orval Faubus

    • Thurgood Marshall

    • Rosa Parks

    • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Correct Answer
    A. Orval Faubus
  • 19. 

    What was the decision of Swann v. Mecklenburg Board of Education?

    • Forced the Jim Crow Laws to break up in NC schools in 1951

    • Forces the integration of Charlotte schools by busing students to districts where they should be more balanced with integration mix of students

    • Busing students to all white schools was illegal

    • Busing students to African American schools was illegal

    Correct Answer
    A. Forces the integration of Charlotte schools by busing students to districts where they should be more balanced with integration mix of students
  • 20. 

    Which of the following helped the American poor during the Civil Rights Movement?

    • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    • 24th Amendment

    • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    • Murder case of Emmett Till

    Correct Answer
    A. 24th Amendment
  • 21. 

    What was the main purpose of the March on Washington?

    • Protest for better jobs and rights

    • Protest for better education for all

    • Meeting of all the leaders of the movement and he gave a speech there

    • None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. Protest for better jobs and rights
  • 22. 

    What event began the Civil Rights Movement?

    • Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955

    • Brown v. Board of Education ruling by Supreme Court which began integration of US schools

    • Jim Crow laws passed in the South

    • Freedom Summer

    Correct Answer
    A. Brown v. Board of Education ruling by Supreme Court which began integration of US schools

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