Chapter 24, Section 1
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The American Republic Chapter 24
The Civil Rights Movement 1954 – 1968
Section 1 “The Movement Begins”
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1. The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896 established that laws segregating African Americans were
permitted in the so-called
a. constitutional segregation doctrine.
b. separate-but-equal doctrine.
c. de facto segregation ruling.
d. Southern Manifesto.
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2. Although the civil rights movement did not lead to large protests until the 1950s, the ______________
had supported court cases intended to overturn segregation since its founding in 1909.
a. SCLC
b. CORE
c. NAACP
d. SNCC
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3. CORE successfully integrated many restaurants by using
a. threats.
b. boycotts.
c. sit-ins.
d. protest marches.
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4. The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ended
a. the “separate but equal” doctrine.
b. Jackie Robinson’s career in baseball.
c. Eisenhower’s support of civil rights.
d. discrimination in the hiring of federal employees.
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5. In 1956 a group of 101 Southern (Democratic) members of Congress signed the ________________
________________, denouncing the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education as a
"clear abuse of judicial power."
a. Communist Manifesto
b. Southern Manifesto
c. Aryan Manifesto
d. Democratic Manifesto
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6. In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans
a. started riots.
b. formed the first Black Panther group.
c. organized a bus boycott.
d. organized restaurant sit-ins.
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7. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., believed that the only moral way to end segregation and racism was
through
a. education.
b. nonviolent passive resistance.
c. the political system.
d. violence and riots.
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8. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., drew on the philosophy and techniques of
a. Frederick Douglass.
b. Thurgood Marshall.
c. Abraham Lincoln.
d. Mohandas Gandhi.
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9. When first established, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference set out to
a. end lynching and segregation.
b. end segregation and encourage African Americans to register to vote.
c. end segregation and promote education for African Americans.
d. promote education for African Americans and encourage them to register to vote.
____ 10. In Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor Orval Faubus tried to prevent African American students from
entering a white high school by
a. hiring the Ku Klux Klan.
b. deploying the National Guard.
c. closing the school.
d. redrawing the school district.
____ 11. In 1957, Eisenhower used the Arkansas National Guard to
a. uphold the “separate but equal” doctrine.
b. support the governor of Arkansas.
c. protect factories from striking workers.
d. enforce school integration.
____ 12. The Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first since Reconstruction, was intended to
a. end lynching.
b. end discrimination in hiring.
c. end segregation.
d. protect African Americans’ voting rights.
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