Name:
Date:
Write the letter of the term or name that best matches the statement. Some names or terms will be
used more than once.
a.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b.
Thurgood Marshall
Brcwn v. Boad of Education
c.
d. Montgomery
e. SCLC
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bus boycott
sNcc
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This group was formed as a result of the Montgomery bus boycott.
2.
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4.
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As an attorney, he challenged segregation in the courts.
This resulted from the arrest of Rosa parks.
This civil rights organization was formed primarily by and for young people.
This event marked the beginning of the end for segregation and the "separate but equal"
doctrine in the United States.
He rose to national attention as a civil rights leader during the Montgomery bus boycott.
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8.
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This was the leading civit rights organization in the South.
This resulted from an event in Alabama.
The NAACP was behind this event.
lf the statement is true, write "true" on the line. lf it is false, change the underlined word or words to
make it true.
During prote$s called sit-ins African Americanswould try to use "whitesonly" facilitiesat
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bus terminals.
ln his New Deal. President Lyndon Joh nson launched a series of reforms to help poor
people and others with no political power.
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ln Freedom Summer in 1964, SNCC brought northem college dudents into the South to
help African Americans register to vote.
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The Civil RiohtsAct of 1964 ended literacy te$sand other$ate lawsthat prevented
African Americans from registering to vote.
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ln 1961, the civil
organlzation CORE began a proted to pres$re the govemmentto
end segregation on interstate buses.
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One result of divisions in the civil rights movement was the 1965 assassination of former
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The Civil RiqhtsAct of 1964 ended segregation in public facilitiesand created a federal
agency to prevent job discrimination.
Nation of ldam leader Martin Luther Kinq. Jr
Write the letter of the best answer.
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What contribution did C6sar Chavez make to the struggle for equal rights?
helped found La Raza tJnida to fight for better jobq education, and housjng for
Mexican Americans
b. was an organizer of the American lndian Movement (AlM)
started a farm workers' union and organized a successful boycott of produce harvested
by non-union workers
helped thousands of Cuban refugees escape to freedom in the United States
a.
c.
d.
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Which of the following is true about the National Congress of American lndians (NCAI)?
lt is the oldest of the Native-American rights organizations.
lt led a successful protest that ended the government's termination of services to
a.
b.
c.
Native American tribes.
lt was more aggressive than other organizations in demanding rights for Native
Americans.
d.
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lt finally won voting rights for Native Americans in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
\Mich autho/s 1963 book lhe Ferinine Mystique awakened the nation to the problems
women faced in society?
a. Betty Friedan
b. Phyllis Schlafly
c. Gloria Steinem
d. Bella Abzug
Write the letter of the best answer.
ln what city did Martin Luther King lead a bus boycott?
Rock, Arkansas
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Birmingham, Alabama
c. Montgomery, Alabama
d. Washington, D.C.
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Which was NOT an aspect of World War ll that energized the civil rights movement?
the internment of Japanese Americans during the war
b. the black migration to cities to work in war industries
a.
c.
d.
Nazi persecution of Jews
the prosperity and economic groMh that followed the war
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How did Betty Friedan help shape the women's movement?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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What rights were part of an overall 1960s reform program called the Great Society?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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She was the founding editor of Ms. Magazine.
She pushed for women's rights as a U.S. representative of New York.
She wrote The Ferinine Mystique and wasa cofounderof NOW.
She fought for the Equal Rights Amendment and ran for president in 1972.
civil rights laws and federal aid to education
voting rights laws and equal rights for women
rights for Native Americans and Mexican Americans
all of the above
What law or amendment banned segregation in public places in the United States?
a. the Twenty-Third Amendment
b. civit Rights Act of 1964
Equal Rights Amendment
d. the Twenty-Fourth Amendment
c.
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What kind of discrimination did women face in the 1960s?
a. They could not get jobs in many male-dominated occupations.
b.
c.
d.
Married women could not get credit on the same terms as men.
Women who became pregnant could be fired from their jobs.
All of the above are true.
lf the statement is true, write "true" on the line. lf it is false, change lhe underlined word or words to
make it true.
The Twentv-Fourth Amendment banned literacy te$sand otherlawsthat kept blacksfrom
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registering to vote.
Lile Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X used a boycott and other nonviolent tacticsto win
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rights for hjs followers in the Southwest and California.
Ro● ParlG oppO∞ d
the Equal Rights/ヽ
federal government in people's lives.
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mendment asan unnece_ry:nvolvement ofthe
Using the map, write the letter of the correct answer next to each question.
How many states had more than half of the African-American voting age population
registered to vote in 1960?
a.
b.2
c.3
d.4
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What state increased its African-American voter registration by 54% between 1960 and
1971?
a. Arkansas
b. Alabama
c.
d.
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Mississippi
Texas
What state increased its percentage of African-American voters the least?
a.
North Carolina
b.
Tennessee
d.
Texas
c.
Florida
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Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from this map?
a. The voter registration efforts of the 1960s were unsuccessful.
b. The voter registration efforts were most successful on the East Coast.
The voter registration efforts had some success, but many African Americans
remained unregistered.
d. The voter registration etforts solved the problem of African-American suffrage in the
c.
South.
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Why might Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee have had the highest percentages of African
Americans registered to vote?
a. They were the largest states with larger populations of African Americans.
b. They were not part of the Deep South, where discrimination was strongest.
They had the most slaves who became free citizens who could vote.
d. All of the above are true-
c.
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