Civil Rights Review

The graphic lists the accomplishments of what political leader?

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Rosa Parks

• Frances Willard

• Sonia Sotomayor

The name of which civil rights leader best completes the title of the graphic?

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Stokely Carmichael

• Malcolm X

The Civil Rights movement’s strategy of nonviolent resistance was most widely advocated throughout the 1960s by —

• Stokely Carmichael’s Black Power movement

• Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity

• Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Huey P. Newton’s Black Panther Party

Which of the following completes the diagram?

• Representatives of the American Indian movement

• Founders of the American Civil Liberties Union

• Leaders of the Civil Rights movement

• Leaders of the U.S. labor movement

How did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech affect U.S. politics?

• By increasing pressure on political leaders to form a new minority-based political party

• By persuading political leaders to introduce literacy tests for voting

• By persuading political leaders to ratify an amendment that extends voting rights to women

• By increasing pressure on political leaders to pass federal civil rights legislation

Which voting practice requirement was specifically targeted by this act?

• Providing proof of employment

• Providing property ownership

• Passing literacy tests

• Taking religious tests

Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of U.S. history, how did the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 help address these types of issues?

• By supporting efforts to fund separate but equal public facilities

• By encouraging communities to outlaw public pools

What did the federal government do to address the social injustice shown in this photograph?

• Enforced the Wisconsin v. Yoder decision protecting First Amendment rights

• Established the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to promote voting rights

• Passed civil rights legislation banning segregation in public places

• Issued an executive order prohibiting limits on interstate migration

This excerpt is from an executive order from President Harry S. Truman in 1948. It is hereby declared . . . that there shall be equality . . . for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin. —President Harry S. Truman, Executive Order 9981, July 26, 1948

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 established a Civil Rights Division within the U.S. Department of Justice. What was the main purpose of this division?

• To enforce laws prohibiting discrimination

• To integrate public schools

• To enforce privacy protections

• To integrate the armed forces