The American Vision: Modern Times © 2008

Chapter 18: The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

1
Which group used legal suits to fight segregation during the first half of the 1900s?
A)SCLC
B)NAACP
C)SNCC
D)CORE
2
African American leaders founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to __________.
A)eliminate segregation and win voting rights for African Americans
B)challenge segregation of public schools and public transportation in the courts
C)organize the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
D)fight segregation and encourage African Americans to vote
3
How did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 change the way that the federal government enforced civil rights?
A)It created federal offices to take legal action against anyone interfering with the right to vote.
B)It gave the states jurisdiction in addressing issues regarding individuals’ voting rights.
C)It authorized the president to use federal troops in the enforcement of federal laws.
D)It created federal offices to ensure the racial integration of public facilities.
4
Most of the members of SNCC were __________.
A)Southern ministers
B)African American college students
C)white college students
D)Students from Northern colleges
5
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 impacted civil rights in all of the following ways EXCEPT __________.
A)it gave the attorney general more power to bring lawsuits to force school desegregation
B)it required private employers to end discrimination in the workplace
C)it authorized the attorney general to send federal examiners to register qualified voters
D)it established a government agency to monitor the ban on job discrimination
6
To pressure the president and Congress to act on new voting rights legislation, civil rights leaders organized __________.
A)a march on Washington
B)a march in Selma, Alabama
C)demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama
D)sit-ins across the South
7
All of the following define the race riots that occurred between 1965 and 1968 EXCEPT __________.
A)many of the race riots lasted for days
B)all of the riots occurred in the inner cities of the Northeast
C)the riots caused death and destruction
D)the police, National Guard, and the U.S. Army participated in controlling the riots
8
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the black power movement divided over __________.
A)the effectiveness of nonviolent protests
B)the importance of economic opportunity for African Americans
C)the importance of the civil rights movement in the North
D)the need to work with local leaders to improve inner cities
9
Why did Malcolm X break with the Black Muslims by 1964?
A)He thought the Black Muslims did not move fast enough toward African American self-government.
B)He disagreed with the leadership.
C)He wanted to join forces with Dr. King.
D)After seeing Muslims from many different races worshipping together in Makkah, he concluded that an integrated society was possible.
10
What happened in 1968 that dramatically changed the momentum of the civil rights movement?
A)CORE and SNCC grew more militant.
B)Malcolm X was killed.
C)Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated.
D)Riots broke out in inner city neighborhoods.
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