Civil Rights Unit Test

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on__

• race and color

• religion

• national origin

• all of the above

Why did Martin Luther King Jr. lead a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama?

• To protest road signs that were unclear.

• To ask the governor to allow televisions in their homes.

• To protest against the Voting Act of 1965.

• To support civil rights in voting procedures.

How did Rosa Parks influence the Civil Rights Movement?

• She gave speeches across America to support civil rights.

• She asked congress to pass laws that would desegregate buses in Montgomerty.

• She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man and got arrested, which led to the Montgomery Bus Boucott.

• She was asked by MLK Jr. to give a speech about segregation.

In 1963, who led a march and gave a speech called "I Have a Dream"?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

What policy was REVERSED in the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling?

• School was separated by race but supposed to be equal in educational offerings.

• Schools were far away for African Americans, but in the neighborhood for white children.

• Schools were integrated, with all races able to attend.

• The National Guard was allowed to patrol on school campuses.

Why did the National Guard have to go to school with students in Little Rock?

• They need more education about civil rights in America.

• They were protecting the teachers against civil rights protesters outside the school.

• They were ordered to rebuild the school after a protest went horribly wrong

• They were protecting African Americans who attend the formerly all-white school.

The Civil Rights Movement began in the 1950s. Which of the following events took place LAST?

• Congress passed the Voting Rights Act.

• Bus segregation is illegal.

• Montgomery Bus Boycott.

• Brown vs. Board of Education

The separation of people based on race or ethnicity.

• Segregation

• Integration

• Boycotting

• Women's Suffrage

Which act banned the separation of people based on race from all public places and outlawed discrimination of any kind?

• Slave Trade Act of 1873

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• National Security Act of 1947

• Clean Water Act of 1977

Laws that continued segregation.

• Jim Crow Laws

• 26th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act