Teaching the Civil Rights Unit
Dave Horton
Whitney Point School District
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
- Abortion Rights
- Black Equality
- Women's Suffrage
- Temperance
2. The women's movement gained a large victory in 1919
with the
- Civil Rights Law
- 14th Amendment
- Equal Rights
Amendment
- 19th Amendment
3. Seperate but equal was said to be legal in the 1896
Supreme Court Case
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Smith v. Segregation
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Marbury v. Madison
4. In 1909 the NAACP was started by
- W.E.B. DuBois
- George Washington Carver
- Martin Luther King
- Booker T. Washington
5. The emergence of African-American culture in the
1920s became known as the
- Jazz Age
- Black Days
- Harlem Renaissance
- Negro Art
6. In 1954 Chief Justice Warren led the Supreme Court to
say that segregation was unconstitutional in deciding
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Smith v. Segregation
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Marbury v. Madison
7. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks started the
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Selma Freedom March
- Mississippi voter Registration
- March on Washington
8. The Nation of Islam was represented by an outstanding
speaker known as
- Martin Luther King
- Malcolm X
- David Duke
- 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
- Right to vote
- Equal opportunity
- Money for slavery
- the end of segregation
2. Integration is
- Seperation by race
- Laws against African-Americans
- Mixing of races
- Laws for African-Americans
3. The Motgomery Bus Boycott was started by
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Malcolm X
- James Meredith
- Rosa Parks
4. Segregation laws in the South were known as
- Seperate, but equal
- Jim Crow laws
- Integration
- Ernest Green laws
5. In 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas was the scene of forced integration of
- Buses
- Luch counters
- Schools
- Libraries
6. In 1962 James Meredith was allowed to
- Ride in the front of the bus
- Attend the University of Mississippi
- Lynched
- Use a white's only bathroom in Selma, Alabama
7. In 1947 the United States Army was integrated by President
- Eisenhower
- Johnson
- Kennedy
- Truman
8. Jackie Robinson was famous for
- Integrating the first public school in Alabama
- Breaking the race and color barrier in television
- Breaking the race and color barrier in baseball
- 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?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
12. What was the goal of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
13. What was the first civil rights protest that Martin Luther King led?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
14. What organization believed in violent protest?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
15. What Supreme Court Decision led to the end of segregation?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
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?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
18. Explain one thing that Coach Boone does to help ease the tension between the black players and the white players?
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
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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