Civil Rights Movement

Question 0

Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was a defense of nonviolent protest

Answer 0

True

Question 1

Pres. Kennedy made a deal that allowed the Freedom Riders to be arrested in Mississippi if the authorities prevented violence against

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in favor of using children in the demonstrations in Birmingham

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The “X” in Malcolm X’s name stood as a symbol for the family name of his African ancestors who had been enslaved

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African American

Answer 4

Organized a bus boycott

Question 5

CORE successfully integrated many restaurants by using

Answer 5

Sit-ins

Question 6

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., drew on the philosophy and techniques of

Answer 6

Mohandas Gandhi

Question 7

In Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor tried to prevent African American students from entering a white high school by

Answer 7

Deploying the National Guard

Question 8

The organization founded by students civil rights activist was

Answer 8

SNCC

Question 9

Dr. King selected Selma, Alabama for a protest March because

Answer 9

African Americans were the majority, but only a fraction were registered to vote

Question 10

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., believed the way to end segregation was through

Answer 10

Nonviolent passive resistance

Question 11

When first established, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference set out to

Answer 11

End segregation and encourage African Americans to register to vote

Question 12

SNCC’s Voter Education Project focused on

Answer 12

Rural areas of the Deep South

Question 13

The Freedom Riders were organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to

Answer 13

Integrate bus terminals

Question 14

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did little to

Answer 14

Guarantee the right to vote

Question 15

After the pilgrimage to Makkah, Malcolm X concluded that

Answer 15

An integrated society was possible

Question 16

Rosa Parks’ actions on the bus, as described in the passage above, were significant because they

Answer 16

Spurred forward the civil rights movement

Question 17

The speech by Martin Luther King Junior reveals his commitment to

Answer 17

The right to protest granted by American democracy

Question 18

The Civil rights Act of 1964 was significant because it

Answer 18

Gave the government broad powers to prevent prejudice

Question 19

This man was not practicing Martin Luther King’s tactics of

Answer 19

Nonviolent protest

Question 20

What is meant by “black power,” in the passage above and in the era the phrase was coined

Answer 20

African-Americans should be proud of their heritage
Physical self-defense and even violence is an option for African Americans
African Americans’ should take control their destiny

Question 21

The ( ) doctrine allowed segregation as long as equal facilities were provided for African Americans

Answer 21

Separate-but-equal

Question 22

The ( ) traveled into the South by bus to test compliance with laws outlawing segregation in interstate bus service

Answer 22

Freedom Riders

Question 23

The militant African American group called the ( ) believed that a revolution was necessary in the United States to gain equal rights

Answer 23

Black Panthers

Question 24

Many children were killed in the bombing of the 16th St., Baptist Church

Answer 24

4

Question 25

Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 25

Memphis, Tennessee

Question 26

Male after of SNCC who believed in black power

Answer 26

Stokely Carmichael

Question 27

Found in a river in Mississippi so brutally beaten that he was identified by a ring he was wearing

Answer 27

Emitt Till

Question 28

Symbol of the Black power movement

Answer 28

Malcolm X

Question 29

First African American student to attend the University of Mississippi

Answer 29

James Meredith

Question 30

NAACP’s chief counsel

Answer 30

Thurgood Marshall