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The Brown v Board of Education
decision was based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. What constitutional
principle is part of the 14th Amendment.
a. | the right to have a lawyer in
court | c. | equal protection of the
law | b. | freedom of the press | d. | free speech |
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The segregated busses of
Montgomery, Alabama were finally outlawed by
a. | the Montgomery bus
company | c. | the Montgomery
City Council | b. | the Supreme Court of the U.S. | d. | the governor of Alabama |
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President Johnson was expert at
getting laws passed in congress. Why didn’t he get a poverty law passed to help people in the
African American in inner cities?
a. | He was angry with African Americans
for rioting | c. | Because of the war
in Vietnam there was no money left for a war on poverty | b. | He lost interest in civil
rights | d. | He thought it was unconstitutional for the U.S. government
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What did the African American
community do in response to the arrest of Rosa Parks
a. | Called a general strike against all
Montgomery businesses | c. | Lay in the streets
and refused to allow any busses to pass. | b. | Rioted and burned many Montgomery busses | d. | Organized a boycott the bus
system |
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Before you can vote in the
United States you must
a. | have a high school
education | c. | prove you could
read and write | b. | register | d. | pay all traffic tickets and
fines |
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Which World War II events
motivated black people to want more civil rights and set the stage for the civil rights
movement of the 50’s and 60’s?
a. | Black men serving in the
military | d. | Blacks working in
the war plants | b. | Civil rights leaders campaigned for an end to Jim Crow laws and for voting
rights | e. | Roosevelt declaring an end to segregation in war
industries | c. | All of these set the state for the civil rights
movement |
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7.
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SNCC and CORE were more
interested in _____ than integration
a. | religious
reform | c. | black
power | b. | poverty | d. | housing for blacks |
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What did the U.S. government do
in regards to the enrollment of James Meredith at “Ole Miss”
a. | Correctly stated that it was a state
matter and the U.S. government had no authority | c. | Asked former President, Eisenhower to
intervene. | b. | Sent marshals to protect and escort Meredith to
class | d. | Cut off all federal funds to the University of
Mississippi |
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Who was the organizer of the
Southern Christian Leadership Council?
a. | Thurgood
Marshall | c. | Rosa
Parks | b. | Martin Luther King | d. | Ella Baker |
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In 1873 a civil rights act was
passed that made segregation unconstitutional in the United States. If this is true, why did
segregation continue until the late 1900’s?
a. | People in the North ignored the
law | c. | People in the South ignored the
law | b. | The government refused to enforce the law | d. | The Supreme Court said the law was
unconstitutional |
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Interstate commerce means commerce between two or more states, not just inside a state.
The U.S. government has authority over interstate commerce because it is between states. What was the
result of the Freedom Rider beatings in Montgomery?
a. | The bus company stopped freedom
rides because they involved interstate commerce. | c. | segregation was banned on all travel facilities, including waiting rooms, restrooms,
and lunch counters by the state of Alabama | b. | The Freedom Riders gave
up. | d. | segregation was banned on all travel facilities, including
waiting rooms, restrooms, and lunch counters by the U.S.
government |
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CORE is an old civil rights
organization that has been working for racial equality for many years. CORE stands for
a. | Congress of Old Racial
Energy | c. | Congress of Racial
Equality | b. | Colored Organization of Racial Enthusiasts | d. | Congress Of Racial Entigration |
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Martin Luther learned from the
Montgomery bus boycott that _____ could be used to win the war against segregation
a. | violent
aggression | c. | non-violent
submission to the law | b. | obeying the law | d. | peaceful resistance to the law |
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The Voting Rights Act on 1965
said that the U.S. government could register voters if they were denied voting rights by local
communities and also said that a person did not have to know how to read and write to register to
vote.
a. | false | c. | true | b. | partly true and partly
false |
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15.
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When was John F.Kennedy
assassinated?
a. | January,
1964 | c. | January,
1963 | b. | Nov. 22, 1964 | d. | Nov 22, 1963 |
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SNCC was comprised mostly of
a. | members of
SCLC | c. | members of
CORE | b. | older veterans of the civil rights movement | d. | young civil rights activists |
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What was the end result of the
Freedom Rider beatings in Montgomery, Alabama?
a. | public opinion turned in favor of
the Riders and segregation was banned on the busses. | c. | public opinion turned in against the Riders and segregation was banned on the
busses | b. | public opinion turned in favor of the police and gave them more power to
impose law and order in Montgomery | d. | the State of Georgia and the city of Montgomery came out looking like the
victims |
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What was the Brown v Board of
Education case all about?
a. | Linda Brown could not go to school
because there were not black schools in Topeka, Kansas | c. | A nine year old girl, Linda Brown, was not allowed to go to a white school 4
blocks from her house because she was black | b. | Linda Brown, a white girl, was forced to go to an all
black school as part of a forced integration plan for Topeka,
Kansas | d. | Linda Brown was not permitted to go to an all black
school, just 4 blocks from her house. |
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19.
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George Wallace
was
a. | an NAACP field
worker | c. | charged with
murder | b. | Governor of Alabama | d. | leader of SNNC |
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20.
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What was the Sweatt v. Painter case about
a. | admission of black applicants to law
schools | c. | work place
segregation | b. | promotion of blacks in the military | d. | admission of black men to medical
colleges |
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Who was the black United
Nations diplomat from the U.S. who marched with Dr. King in Selma?
a. | Dr. Ralph
Bunche | c. | Dr. Ralph
Clark | b. | Dr. Bull Conners | d. | Dr. Jim Crow |
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What was the 1946 case Morgan v. Virginia case concerned with?
a. | segregation in the
workplace | c. | segregation in the
military | b. | segregation in schools | d. | segregation in transportation |
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Martin Luther King was _____
the war in Vietnam
a. | in favor
of | c. | against | b. | unconcerned | d. | pro communist in |
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Who did Governor Faubus use to
turn away the black students who were trying to enroll in Central High School.
a. | The Arkansas Highway
Patrol | c. | The Little Rock Police
force | b. | The Arkansas National Guard | d. | The Little Rock National Guard |
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What did President Eisenhower
do to force Central High School to accept the 9 black students?
a. | Eisenhower did nothing because he
was afraid | c. | placed the
Arkansas National Guard under federal control and ordered a thousand paratroopers into Little
Rock | b. | made Central High School a Federal High School so it was no longer under the
control of Arkansas | d. | Eisenhower did nothing because he
was against integration of the schools |
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The 15th Amendment guarantees
that _____
a. | the laws will be applied equally to
black and white people | c. | African American
men and women shall have the right to vote. | b. | the right to vote will not be denied because of a persons
race | d. | everyone living in the U.S. has the right to
vote |
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The 14th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution says that the law must be applied equally to all citizens. In the Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896, what did the Supreme Court rule?
a. | The U.S. government should not
interfere in segregation cases. | c. | Separate facilities for the races did violate the 14th
Amendment | b. | Slavery is unconstitutional | d. | Separate facilities for the races did not violate the 14th
Amendment |
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Segregation that is in place by
custom and tradition, but not necessarily by law is called
a. | national
segregation | c. | state
segregation | b. | de facto segregation | d. | local segregation |
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Won court case admitting him to
Ole Miss University. The school refused to admit him. Touched off riots
a. | James
Brown | c. | James
Meredith | b. | Clarence Thomas | d. | Stokley Carmichael |
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At the end of the school year,
what did Governor Faubus do to Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas?
a. | finally allowed the school to be
integrated | c. | turned the school
into an all black high school | b. | shut the high school rather than integrate | d. | made it a private school |
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Why did A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Bustin of the SCLC organize the “March on
Washington?”
a. | demand better housing for black
people | c. | protest the war in
Vietnam | b. | demand and end to school integration | d. | pressure Congress to pass the civil rights
bill |
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Rosa Parks protested the Jim
Crow laws by .....
a. | by refusing to attend black
churches | c. | by picketing the
Montgomery bus company | b. | by picketing the Alabama state house | d. | refusing to use “colored only”
facilities. |
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What does suffrage
mean?
a. | The right to
vote | c. | The persecution of African Americans
in the South | b. | The right to protest and not have to suffer | d. | The right to march and not have to
suffer |
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What were Jim Crow
laws?
a. | Laws designed to protect black
people | c. | Laws designed to bring the races
together | b. | Laws designed to separate the races | d. | Law that forbid the sale of bourbon whisky to African
Americans |
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1963 March where 250,000
marched for civil rights. Dr. King gave famous “I Have a Dream”
speech.
a. | March on
Philadelphia | c. | March on
Washington | b. | March on Montgomery | d. | March on Birmingham |
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What organization sponsored the
Freedom Rides?
a. | Colored Organizations for Racial
Equality | c. | Congress Of Racial
Equality | b. | Colored Organizers for Racial Equality | d. | Congressional Officers for Ending
Racism |
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The Interstate Commerce
Commission is an agency of
a. | the city of Birmingham,
Alabama | c. | the United States
government | b. | the Constitution of the United States | d. | the state of Alabama |
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Medgar Evers was
a. | Governor of
Alabama | c. | a WWII veteran and
NAACP field worker | b. | charged with murder | d. | President of the U.S. |
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How did the Justice Department
react to the beatings of the Freedom Riders in Montgomery?
a. | They sent federal marshals to
protect the riders | c. | They ignored the
beatings | b. | They condoned the beatings | d. | They took control of the bus
company |
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Supreme Court Decision that said the 14th Amendment did not apply to a law that said
Black and White people should be segregated on trains. Formed the legal basis for Southern
Segregation a. | McCullah vs.
Maryland | c. | Brown vs. Board of
Education | b. | Plessy v. Ferguson | d. | None of the above |
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Says that the law must be applied equally to all persons in the
U.S a. | 14th Amendment | c. | Brown v. Board of
Education | b. | 15th
Amendment | d. | Jaime
Mastascuso |
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National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
a. | NAACP | c. | NBA | b. | NAAFTAOCP | d. | NCAA |
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Argued the Brown v. Board of
Education case in front of the Supreme Court and won. Later appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
himself.
a. | Stokley
Carmichael | c. | Martin Luther
King | b. | Malcolm X | d. | Thurgood Marshall |
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NAACP officer who took a seat
in front of bus in violation of local law. Was arrested. Event helped to spark the Civil Rights
movement
a. | Elana
Watts | c. | Rosa
Parks | b. | Maryann Anderson | d. | Sara Parks |
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Led by Martin Luther King,
African Americans refused to ride the busses until they were desegregated.
a. | Georga Bus
Boycott | c. | Montgomery Bus
Boycott | b. | Little Rock Bus Boycott | d. | Greyhound Bus Boycott |
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Non-violent protest against
segregation and discrimination
a. | Soul
force | c. | Black
power | b. | Soul Sacrifice | d. | Cool protest |
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SCLC
a. | South Carolina Leadership
Council | c. | Southern Christian
Leadership Council | b. | Southern Children Leadership Council | d. | Save the Children Leadership
Council |
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Primary leader of the Civil
Rights Movement. Assassinated in 1968
a. | Stokley
Carmichael | c. | James
Meredith | b. | Martin Luther King | d. | Malcolm X |
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The Student Non-violent
Coordinating Committee
a. | SSNCC | c. | SNCC | b. | SSNVCC | d. | SNOCC |
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Won court case admitting him to
Ole Miss University. The school refused to admit him. Touched off riots
a. | Clarence
Thomas | c. | Stokley
Carmichael | b. | James Brown | d. | James Meredith |
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1963 March where 250,000
marched for civil rights. Dr. King gave famous “I Have a Dream”
speech.
a. | March on
Montgomery | c. | March on
Philadelphia | b. | March on Washington | d. | March on Birmingham |
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Prohibited discrimination
because of race, religion, national origin, and gender
a. | Civil Rights Act of
1964 | c. | Brown v. Board of
Education | b. | Civil Rights Act of 1954 | d. | Social Security Act |
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Eliminated the literacy test
for voting.
a. | Civil Rights Act of
1964 | c. | Voting Rights Act of
1965 | b. | Civil Rights Act of 1965 | d. | 25th
Amendment to Constitution |
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Segregation that exists by
custom and tradition rather than by law
a. | De facto
segregation | c. | Black
codes | b. | De jure segregation | d. | Socialism |
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Segregation the exists by
law
a. | De facto
segregation | c. | Black
Codes | b. | De jure segregation | d. | Communism |
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56.
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SNCC leader who advocated
Violence rather than non-violence to achieve civil rights goals
a. | Thurgood
Marshall | c. | Malcom
X | b. | Medger
Evers | d. | Stokley
Carmichael |
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57.
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Banned discrimination in
housing
a. | Civil Rights Act of
1964 | c. | Civil Rights Act of
1968 | b. | Voting Rights Act of 1965 | d. | Fair Housing Law of 1966 |
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Special efforts to recruit
minorities into jobs and colleges.
a. | Affirmative
Action | c. | De facto
outreach | b. | Black Codes | d. | De jure outreach |
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