SOL Review – Civil Rights and Globalization
Part I – Civil Rights Movement
1. _____ Plessey vs. Ferguson
2. _____ Brown vs. the Board of Education
A. Believed in passive resistance against segregated
facilities
B. Desegregated the military
3. _____ Martin Luther King Jr.
C. Court case that said “separate but equal” was OK
4. _____ Rosa Parks
5. _____ President Truman
D. Court case that said “separate but equal” was NOT
OK
E. Started the Montgomery bus boycott
6. _____ Freedom Riders
A. Examples of passive resistance against segregation
7. _____ Organized protests, sit-ins, and marches
B. Ended discriminatory voting practices, like poll
taxes and literacy tests
C. Peaceful protest against highway and bus
segregation that ended violent
D. An organization that worked to end segregation
(still active today)
E. Ended discrimination in the area of housing, hiring,
education and public places
8. _____ National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP)
9. _____ Civil Rights Act of 1964
10. _____ Voting Rights Act of 1965
Part II – Women’s Movement
Title IX
Hiring
National Organization for Women
Lower
Ratify
Equal Rights
1. Women faced workplace disadvantages like discrimination in ____________ practices and __________ wages.
2. __________ ____________ ____ ___________ worked to end discrimination against women.
3. __________ ____ is gave women equal athletic opportunities.
4. The __________ ___________ Amendment attempted to give women equal opportunities in business and
public service; however, it was never ______________.
Part III – Globalization
1. Define Globalization:
2. ____ Transportation Industry
a. Improved cell phones, television, and pagers
3. ____ Entertainment and News Media Industry
b. Population growth in new areas
4. ____ Space Industry
c. Greater domestic and international travel
5. ____ Heating and Air-conditioning
d. Better access to information
Part IV – Important People
1. _____ Charles Drew
A. Literature – also a famous poet
2. _____ J. Robert Oppenheimer
B. Computer Technology - Microsoft
3. _____ Frank Lloyd Wright
C. Medicine - plasma
4. _____ Martha Graham
D. Architecture – known for modern architecture
5. _____ Henry Louis Gates
E. Dance – modern dance
6. _____ Bill Gates
F. History – professor at Harvard
7. _____ Ray Kroc
G. Franchising – McDonald’s
8. _____ Maya Angelou
H. Physics – Manhattan Project
Part V – Multiple Choice
1. The NAACP worked to end
a. Civil rights
b. segregation
c. integration
d. boycotting
2.
Which organization fought for equal rights for women in all aspects of life?
a. VISTA
b. NAACP
c. NOW
d. CORE
3.
Who was the leader that emphasized passive resistance against discrimination?
a. Malcolm X
b. Thurgood Marshall
c. Martin Luther King, Jr.
d. Rosa Parks
4. What was the result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a. To protect white male vote
b. To give women the right to vote
c. To end discriminatory voting practices like poll taxes and literacy tests
d. To give Puerto Rican citizens the right to vote in US elections
5. In the case of Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that…
a. Public schools could be segregated
b. Separate but equal schools were not acceptable
c. All children should attend school
d. Schools should be given equal amounts of money
6. In 1961, the Freedom Riders rode buses to –
a. Demonstrate in support of equal rights for women
b. Protest the expansion of American involvement in Vietnam
c. Expose illegal segregation practices in the South
d. Raise environmental awareness of automobile pollution
7. Which President desegregated the military at the end of World War II?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. Harry Truman
8. Which Supreme Court case was overturned in the decision made in Brown v. Board of Education?
a. Marbury v. Madison
b. Dred Scott case
c. Mapp v. Ohio
d. Plessy v. Ferguson
9. Which statement best describes work place disadvantages for women:
a. Discrimination in hiring practices
b. Lower wages than men
c. The failure of states to ratify Title IX
d. Both A and B
e. All of the above
10. What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
a. Legislation that gave women equal opportunities in sports
b. Failed legislation that gave women equal rights in business and public services
c. end discrimination in the area of housing, hiring, education and public places
d. Gave African Americans the right to vote
11. Situations such as this were directly improved by –
a. Plessey v. Ferguson
b. Korematsu v. United States
c. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
d. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
12. Which legislation was created to give women equal opportunity in sports?
a. Equal Rights Amendment
b. Title IX
c. Voting Rights Act of 1965
d. Civil Rights Act of 1964
13. Who started franchising?
a. Ray Kroc
b. Frank Lloyd Wright
c. Maya Angelou
d. Charles Drew
14. Who created blood banks and discovered plasma?
a. Henry Louis Gates
b. Bill Gates
c. Charles Drew
d. Frank Lloyd Wright
15. Who is a famous African American historian?
a. Henry Louis Gates
b. Frank Lloyd Wright
c. Ray Kroc
d. Martha Graham
16. Which two people are associated with art?
a. Charles Drew and Ray Kroc
b. Maya Angelou and Martha Graham
c. Robert Oppenheimer and Henry Louis Gates
d. Frank Lloyd Wright and Bill Gates
17. What is Frank Lloyd Wright known for?
a. Modern day architecture
b. Franchising
c. Physics
d. Blood banks
18. Which phrase completes this diagram?
a. Banking services
b. Transportation systems
c. Satellite systems
d. Education programs
19. One major effect of telecommunication technology is that it has –
a. Slowed improvements in transportation
b. Improved the possibility for peace
c. Increased access to information
d. Reduced the need for education
20. In which areas of the world has the USA seen an increase in conflicts?
a. Southeast Asia
b. Europe
c. Middle East
d. South America
21. Which of these is a primary concern of foreign policy?
a. Increase in terrorist activities
b. Changing relationships with nations
c. Dependence on foreign oil
d. All of the above
22. Which of the following is true about global environment?
a. There is global climate change
b. Decrease in telecommunication activities
c. International travel
d. The rapid change in pandemics