Quiz 1
Name                                                                                                                                                    Social Studies 8
Period                                                                                                                                                Civil Rights Quiz

Multiple Choice
1.  Starting in 1848 women like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the fight for

1. Abortion Rights
2. Black Equality
3. Women's Sufferage
4. Temperance

2.  The women's movement gained a large victory in 1919 with the

1. Civil Rights Law
2. 14th Amendment
3. Equal Rights Amendment
4. 19th Amendment

3.  Seperate but equal was said to be legal in the 1896 Supreme Court Case

1. Plessy v. Ferguson
2. Smith v. Segregation
3. Brown v. Board of Education
4. Marbury v. Madison

4.  In 1909 the NAACP was started by

1. W.E.B. DuBois
2. George Washington Carver
3. Martin Luther King
4. Booker T. Washington

5.  The emergence of African-American culture in the 1920s became known as the

1. Jazz Age
2. Black Days
3. Harlem Renaissance
4. Negro Art

6.  In 1954 Chief Justice Warren led the Supreme Court to say that segregation was unconstitutional in deciding

1. Plessy v. Ferguson
2. Smith v. Segregation
3. Brown v. Board of Education
4. Marbury v. Madison

7.  Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks started the

1. Montgomery Bus Boycott
2. Selma Freedom March
3. Mississippi voter Registration
4. March on Washington

8.  The Nation of Islam was represented by an outstanding speaker known as

1. Martin Luther King
2. Malcolm X
3. David Duke
4. Dr. Dre

Fill in the Blank
9.   In 1965 _____________________ started in Watts, California and led to many others in inner cities across the U.S.

10.   In 1949 President _________________ ordered full integration of the Armed Forces.

11.  Many young black men in the 1960s and 70s became frusterated with nonviolence and joined a groups like the ________________________________.

12. ______________ _______________started the Black Nationalist Movement in the United States at the early part of this century.

13.   The __________ _____________ __________was the main white hate group that supported segregation.

14.  The first test of school integration came in _____________ _______________in 1957.

15.  In California, in the 1970s _____________ _______________helped Mexican-American farm workers to organize.

Bonus: What does NAACP stand for?




Quiz 2
Name                                                                                                                                                              Social Studies 8
Period                                                                                                                                                              Civil Rights Quiz

Multiple Choice
1.  The stuggle for equal rights in the 1970s centered on gaining

1. Right to vote
2. Equal opportunity
3. Money for slavery
4. the end of segregation

2.  Integration is

1. Seperation by race
2. Laws against African-Americans
3. Mixing of races
4. Laws for African-Americans

3.  The Motgomery Bus Boycott was started by

1. Martin Luther King Jr.
2. Malcolm X
3. James Meredith
4. Rosa Parks

4.   Segregation laws in the South were known as

1. Seperate, but equal
2. Jim Crow laws
3. Integration
4. Ernest Green laws

5.  In 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas was the scene of forced integration of

1. Buses
2. Luch counters
3. Schools
4. Libraries

6.  In 1962 James Meredith was allowed to

1. Ride in the front of the bus
2. Attend the University of Mississippi
3. Lynched
4. Use a white's only bathroom in Selma, Alabama

7.  In 1947 the United States Army was integrated by President

1. Eisenhower
2. Johnson
3. Kennedy
4. Truman

8.   Jackie Robinson was famous for

1. Integrating the first public school in Alabama
2. Breaking the race and color barrier in television
3. Breaking the race and color barrier in baseball
4. Starting colleges for African-Americans

Short Answer
Use Complete Sentences
10.   Write out the full name of the following organization...NAACP
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11.   The 1963 march on Washington, DC ended with?
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12.   What was the goal of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
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13.   What was the first civil rights protest that Martin Luther King led?
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14.   What organization believed in violent protest?
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15.   What Supreme Court Decision led to the end of segregation?
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16.   What was the difference between the race riots of 1919 and the riots in 1965?
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from Remember the Titians
17.   Why did they open a new school?
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18.   Explain one thing that Coach Boone does to help ease the tension between the black players and the white players?
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from The Ernest Green Story
19.   Why did Ernest want to transfer schools?
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20.   What did Governor Faubus do??
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