Ch21 Practice Quiz

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Ch21 Practice Quiz

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Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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

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

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 to get involved in state matters.

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

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

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

SNCC and CORE were more interested in _____ than integration

a.	religious reform	c.	black power
b.	poverty	d.	housing for blacks

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

Who was the organizer of the Southern Christian Leadership Council?

a.	Thurgood Marshall	c.	Rosa Parks
b.	Martin Luther King	d.	Ella Baker

10.

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

11.

The Black Panthers were to the Black Community as the ______ was to the White Community.

a.	KKK	c.	NAACP
b.	Democrats	d.	Republicans

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

16.

When was John F.Kennedy assassinated?

a.	January, 1964	c.	January, 1963
b.	Nov. 22, 1964	d.	Nov 22, 1963

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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.

20.

George Wallace was

a.	an NAACP field worker	c.	charged with murder
b.	Governor of Alabama	d.	leader of SNNC

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

Martin Luther King was _____ the war in Vietnam

a.	in favor of	c.	against
b.	unconcerned	d.	pro communist in

25.

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

26.

Ballots or Bullets means ...

a.	only people who vote have a right to own a gun	c.	Kill the politicians
b.	Political power or riots	d.	vote for gun rights

27.

Who was leader of the Black Muslims in America

a.	Martin Luther King	c.	Elijah Muhammad
b.	Muhammad Ali	d.	Malcolm X

28.

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

29.

Until his death, Malcolm X taught

a.	hatred of white people	c.	African Americans that they should riot against poverty
b.	African Americans to be proud of themselves	d.	black people to emigrate to the middle east

30.

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

31.

Stokely Carmichael was the leader of

a.	NAACP	c.	CORE
b.	SNCC	d.	SCLC

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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.

38.

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

39.

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

40.

Who founded the Black Panthers?

a.	Martin Luther King	c.	Huey Newton and Malcom X
b.	Huey Newton and Bobby Seale	d.	Bobby Seale and Angela Davis

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

44.

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.

45.

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