U.S. History Standards Questions: Civil Rights
This quiz helps prepare students for the California U. S. History STAR test. It covers Civil Rights.
- 1.Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta fought for the rights of which of the following groups of often-exploited Mexican American laborers?
- A.
Autoworkers
- B.
Farm workers
- C.
Steelworkers
- D.
Food-service workers
- 2.Which of the following statements about the effect of vital African-American organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in the 1950s is correct?
- A.
In the 1950s, NAACP and CORE did not exist.
- B.
In the 1950s, NAACP and CORE did not exist.
- C.
In the 1950s, NAACP and CORE met with great legal success.
- D.
In the 1950s, NAACP and CORE met with great legal success.
- 3.Which of the following explains why President Roosevelt ordered the air force, navy, and marines to start recruiting African Americans and to put African Americans into combat positions?
- A.
Because he valued the African American vote
- B.
As a response to the “Double V” campaign
- C.
In an effort to reduce racial discrimination in the United States
- D.
All of the above
- 4.Which of the following court decisions established the legal doctrine that endorsed “separate but equal” facilities for African Americans and whites?
- A.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
- B.
Plessy v. Ferguson
- C.
Brown v. Board of Education
- D.
None of the above
- 5.The activities of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Freedom Riders are examples of which of the following?
- A.
African American groups resisting political injustice and oppression
- B.
African American groups resisting political injustice and oppression
- C.
“sit-ins” staged at restaurants to protest the injustice of segregation
- D.
White students co-opting the methods of civil rights groups to serve their own interests
- 6.Which of the following statements about the effectiveness of Malcolm X as a civil rights spokesman is true?
- A.
Only the fact that he had been in prison made people take Malcolm X seriously.
- B.
If he hadn’t been assassinated, Malcolm X would not be remembered as a great civil rights spokesman today.
- C.
His “back-to-Africa” movement alienated Malcolm X from many African Americans.
- D.
His magnificent public-speaking talents gained nationwide attention for the Nation of Islam.
- 7.Which of the following statements about the spread of the civil rights movement in the United States is correct?
- A.
The movement began in the poor urban neighborhoods in the North, spread to the rural South, and would affect all African Americans.
- B.
The movement began in the poor urban neighborhoods in the North, spread to the rural South, and would affect all African Americans.
- C.
The movement began in the rural South, eventually spread throughout the U.S., and would affect all African Americans.
- D.
The movement began in the rural South, eventually spread throughout the U.S., and would affect all of the country.
- 8.Which of the following statements about President Lyndon Johnson’s role in the civil rights movement is true?
- A.
Southerner Lyndon Johnson fought the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that President Kennedy had introduced.
- B.
Southerner Lyndon Johnson supported the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that President Kennedy had introduced.
- C.
Lyndon Johnson supported the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but his support had little effect.
- D.
Northerner Lyndon Johnson supported the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that President Kennedy had introduced.
- 9.The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton marked which of the following?
- A.
The passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
- B.
The beginning of an organized Abolitionist movement
- C.
The beginning of an organized women’s movement
- D.
The first legal triumph of the women’s rights movement
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