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1
The Freedom Summer drive in Mississippi was a push by activists to _____.
help register blacks to vote
remove Gov. Ross Barnett from office
protest the riots at Ole Miss
force integration of Mississippi's schools
2
Why was Emmett Till brutally murdered while visiting relatives down South?
He refused to leave an all white movie theater
He stole candy from a grocery store
He attempted to integrate an all white school
He whistled at a white woman in a flirtatious way
3
What was ruled illegal with the passage of the 24th amendment?
preventing minorities to move into white neighborhoods
unequal pay between the genders
using poll taxes to block people from voting
restricting access to scholarships for minorities
4
The actions of Gov. Faubus of Arkansas and Gov. Wallace of Alabama to block integration in schools broke which rule?
equal protection clause
supremacy clause
elastic clause
civil rights amendment
5
Which President was responsible for passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
6
MLK, Jr.'s 1963 Dream Speech made huge gains on pushing for civil rights after speaking at __.
Washington DC
Selma, Alabama
Memphis, Tennessee
Jackson, Mississippi
7
In order to protect the Little Rock Nine, Eisenhower sent in which group to guard the students?
the National Guard
the US Navy
101st Paratroopers
US Marshals
8
The Great Migration saw many African Americans leave the southern states because ____.
offered cheap land in the Great Plains
wanted to avoid paying the high taxes in the deep south
seeking better jobs in northern cities
escaping the Fugitive Slave Laws of the South
9
Famous athlete Muhammad Ali refused to participate in the Vietnam War draft because ___.
he was afraid that he would lose money by not boxing
he moved to Canada to avoid being drafted into service
he would be sent to the front lines of combat
violence and war went against his religious beliefs
10
The tragic deaths of Emmett Till and the 4 little girls of the 16th Street Baptist Church demonstrated that __.
the army would need to be sent to force protection of blacks
the people felt sympathy to the cause because kids were hurt
white supremacy and violence would help defeat civil rights
white juries of the south would never issue a fair verdict
11
The Freedom Riders rode buses throughout the south in order to challenge segregation in ___.
hotels
restaurants
airports
waiting rooms
12
The artistic community of African American musicians, poets, and artists is best demonstrated in the era known as ____.
The Tulsa Exchange
The Detroit Motown Fusion
Red Summer
The Harlem Renaissance
13
Booker T. Washington is widely criticized by the black community because of which main idea?
blacks could never be equal to whites
all of these
blacks need to be friendly to southern whites to get jobs
blacks should focus on getting manual labor jobs
14
Besides the Grandfather Clause and Poll Taxes, what other tool was used to block voting rights?
Jim Crow Laws
the Supremacy Clause
literacy tests
citizenship tests
15
Whose arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Daisy Bates
Ella Fitzgerald
Dorothy Height
Rosa Parks
16
The founder of the NAACP was ____.
Frederick Douglass
Langston Hughes
W.E.B. DuBois
Thurgood Marshall
17
Which famous Supreme Court Case legalized the Jim Crow System of the South?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Miranda v. Arizona
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
18
Which President was responsible for ending Segregation in the US Army?
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
19
John Lewis and the members of SNCC protested segregation at lunch counters and bus stations by using which philosophy?
black power
non-violent action
petitions
boycotts
20
The Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Ed. case cited that ____.
segregated schools were perfectly legal according to the law
segregation in all public facilities was against the law
the Court was not required to enforce integration
segregation in US schools was unconstitutional