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The Civil Rights in America
The Civil Rights in America
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Why did people hold a march in Selma, Alabama?
to boycott buses
to demand the right to eat in resturants
to change the civil rights law.
to change voting rights laws
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The NAACP was formed to...
advance segregation laws.
help blacks find jobs.
to help whites understand Jim Crowe laws.
challenge segregation laws.
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What does boycott mean?
to refuse to give up your seat on a bus
to buy all the products in a store
to stop using
boys to sleep on a cot
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The Voting Rights Act said...
all black men can vote.
African Americans can vote only in National Elections.
all women can vote.
no person could be denied the right to vote because of their race.
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What did the Civil Rights Act do?
to extended the laws for segregation
It made segregation illegal
It made protests unlawful
it made intergration illegal
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After the Civil War, what did southern states do?
They passed laws that helped African Americans.
They helped slaves find jobs.
They passed laws to keep African Amercians apart from whites.
They helped slaves move off of plantations.
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What does NAACP stand for?
National Americans Advancement of Colored Police.
Nations African Americans for Colored People.
National Assocation Americans for College Prep.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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The Supreme Court ruling on Plessy vs. Ferguson said that keeping whites and black seperates was legal. It is known as:
The seperate amendment.
The seperate rights act.
The seperate but equal document
The equal rights act.
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Intergrated means...
blacks schools have to be just as good as white schools
both races together
whites can enter schools for black students
both races seperate
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What was once illegal for blacks in the United States?
Drinking smoothies.
Drinking from a "whites only" water fountain.
Drinking milk.
Drinking from a water fountain.
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Brown vs. Board of Education found that it ....
school buildings have to be the same for black and white children.
white students could attend any school
black students could not attend school
was illegal for black and white students to have seperate schools.
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When did the civil rights movement take place.?
1850's-1860's
1960's-1970's
1950's-1960's
1930's-1940's
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In 1947 ________ became the first African American to play Major League Baseball.
Jackie Kennedy
Jackie Rickey
Jackie Lackie
Jackie Robinson
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What does abolish mean?
To hire people
To stop
To begin
To get rid of people
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What does segregated mean?
A section of something.
Keeping people together.
Keeping people seperate.
Sections for specific schools.
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What does sufferage mean?
The right to march.
The right to bear arms.
The right to protest.
The right to vote.
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What are civil rights?
The Constitution.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
Freedoms guaranteed to all U.S. citizens by the Constitution.
Rights to act as a citizen.
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Who was a leader in the abolitionist movement?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Linclon
U.S. Grant
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In what city did Bloody Sunday occur?
Montgomery, Alabama
Jackson, Mississippi
Selma, Alabama
Nashville, Tennessee
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The March for Freedom happened in what city?
Atlanta, GA
Montgomery, Alabama
Washington, D.C.
Selma, Alabama
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What does abolitionist mean?
Freed slaves.
Slaves looking for freedom.
A person who is against slavery.
A person who wants slaves.
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How did enslaved people get to America?
They were sent on ships then decided if they wanted to be a slave.
They were sent on ships and sold as property.
They were sent on ships given jobs and homes.
They were sent on ships then had to find work.
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The march from Selma to Montgomery finally happened because ...
The governer said they could go.
The state police were off that day.
The weather was good that day.
The president sent the National Guard to protect them.
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For many years, African Americans did not enjoy the same rights that white Americans did.
True
False
25
What word describes a person who wants to keep people of different races apart?
Pure Racer
Libertarian
Segregationist
Southern Patriot
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What is a sit-in?
a form of boycott
a form of protest
a special chair
a form of sitting in a business
