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The Civil Rights Era

Quiz by Jenny Chin

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  • Q1
    In which state did Brown V. the Board of Education occur?
    Mississippi
    Kansas
    Arkansas
    Alabama
    20s
  • Q2
    In 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown vs. Board of Education was significant in that it:
    it challenged the power of the KKK and segregationists.
    helped signal a shift of support from the Federal Government for the civil rights movement.
    It united the Freedom Riders and the JFK.
    Huey P. Newton made his famous speech "By Any Means Necessary."
    20s
  • Q3
    Martin Luther King Jr.'s approach to obtaining the goals he set forth were similar with Ghandi's in that they:
    relied on public support, an appeal to morality, and non-violence.
    relied on quotes from the Bible and stressed the role of the church on society.
    Were based on sit-ins and a wide array of support from whites, hispanics, and Asians.
    relied on support from the Supreme Court.
    20s
  • Q4
    The Black Panthers movement toward the end of the Civil Rights Movement was influenced by:
    the concept that blacks and the civil rights movement faced violent oppression and needed to respond to such injustice with violence.
    Martin Luther King, Jr's desire to spread love and acceptance.
    the desire to give out free lunches and books.
    The Woolworth Sit-Ins success.
    20s
  • Q5
    The following is an excerpt from a speech by Malcolm X: "Revolution is bloody, revolution is hostile, revolution knows no compromise, revolution overturns and destroys everything that gets in its way. And you, sitting around here like a fly on the wall, saying, ‘I’m going to love these folks no matter how much they hate me.' The “you” in this speech probably refers to which civil rights leader?
    Medgar Evers
    Huey P. Newton
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Betty Shabbaz
    20s
  • Q6
    Malcolm X's choice to use the last name X was because:
    he felt it reflected how white society had stripped blacks of their identity and rights due to slavery.
    he was protesting against King's acceptance of caucasian values.
    he was supporting Brown V. the Board of Education.
    he did not like his last name because it was German.
    10s
  • Q7
    The three week march from Selma to Montgomery, led by ML King junior was broadcast on the news and showed in detail the violence and hardships protestors were willing to endure. The significance of this march was:
    it showed how the Black Panthers were willing to use violence to fight back.
    that showed Malcolm X's critique of the the early civil rights movement.
    that it made Americans aware of the deep injustices blacks faced in the south and showed that Americans from various ethnic, economic, and social groups could march together to protest hatred and racism.
    that it helped make King famous.
    20s
  • Q8
    Why was the voting rights act of 1965 significant?
    It helped count black votes.
    The governor of Mississippi marched with the KKK to oppose the act and showed overt racism in the south.
    It helped elect black officials at polling places make monitor elections.
    It ended tests and taxes that blacks were asked to endure in order to vote that whites did not have to pay or pass.
    60s
  • Q9
    Why is Thurgood Marshall celebrated in the United States?
    He advised President Carter on how to deal with the desegregation of schools in Alabama following the march in Selma.
    He was African-American and well educated so his success showed the many obstacles he had to overcome.
    He was the first black supreme court justice that signified blacks would have some influence on federal laws and their enforcement.
    He was a close associate and supporter of civil rights and Martin Luther King, Jr.
    20s
  • Q10
    Which effect of the Freedom Summer Campaign of 1964 was most influential on American society?
    It helped with Brown V. Board of education.
    The KKK was set on fire and those stupid sheets of their burnt to a crisp.
    It showed how college students with promising careers were willing to risk their lives and legal status to work to oppose segregation in public places.
    President Kennedy endorsed their actions as heroic and they were granted nobel peace prizes.
    20s
  • Q11
    The Black Power movement was formed as a response to:
    George Wallace's speech supporting segregation forever and President Eisenhower's support of the speech
    The Republican Convention of 1968.
    The death of Thurgood Marshall.
    violence and what some civil rights activists deemed as progress occurring too slowly.
    20s

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