Civil Rights Unit Test

This classroom is most likely the direct result of -

• Oral Faubus protesting desegregation at Little Rock High School
• Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball
• the Supreme Court ruling on Brown v. Board of Education
• Rosa Parks being arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• 14th Amendment
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Freedom Rides
• Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Black Panthers distinguished themselves as a civil rights group that -

• used the court system to bring change to America
• used hunger strikes to bring awareness to the issues facing minorities
• used nonviolence to engage leaders in Congress
• used force if necessary to protect and defend themselves

This photograph is most closely associated with which of the following events?

• March on Washington
• Freedom Rides
• Little Rock High School Crisis
• Brown v. Board of Education ruling

President Eisenhower was forced to issue this statement after -

• the March on Washington caused violent riots throughout the nation
• Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech captivated the nation
• Oral Faubus refused to desegregate schools in his state
• Congress voted to overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling on Brown v. Board of Education

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Rosa Parks
• Jackie Robinson
• Shirley Chisholm

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat setting in motion -

• the Plessy v. Ferguson court case
• a bus boycott
• sit-ins at segregated restaurants
• the breaking of the color barrier in baseball

The man portrayed below was known for -

• advocating the use of civil disobedience during the Civil Rights movement
• becoming the first African American to be elected to the House of Representatives
• using force to when being attacked by police officers and police dogs
• going on a 100-day hunger strike to bring awareness to discrimination in the work place

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Increased voter participation by minorities
• Poll taxes and literacy tests
• March of Washington
• Freedom Rides

Jackie Robinson was significant to the Civil Rights Movement because -

• he organized several Civil Rights marches across the South
• he worked with President Lyndon B. Johnson to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• he was the first African American to play for a Major League Baseball team
• he garnered national attention when we was jailed for refusing to give up his bus seat