Dempsey, College Prep US History Quiz Review, Chapter 29 Civil Rights

Question 1

Who staged the first sit-in?

Accepted Answer

Congress of Racial Equality

Question 2

Who's speech made African Americans file a lawsuit and refuse to ride the buses in Montgomery?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 3

Who preached that blacks should be separated from the whites?

Accepted Answer

Malcom X

Question 4

To fortify Freedom Summer, what did the civil rights groups train the students for?

Accepted Answer

Nonviolence resistance

Question 5

James Meredith won a federal court case in 1962 that allowed him to do what?

Accepted Answer

Enroll in a all-white school

Question 6

Who promoted Islamic religion?

Accepted Answer

Nation of Islam

Question 7

What was the goal of the Kerner Commission?

Accepted Answer

End de fact segregation

Question 8

What movement hoped to gain the support of ordinary African Americans of all ages?

Accepted Answer

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Question 9

Who decided to lead a march to finish what Meredith started?

Accepted Answer

Stokely Carmichael, Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 10

The proportion of African American voters rose in Selma because of what act?

Accepted Answer

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 11

Whose goal was it to challenge segregation in the South?

Accepted Answer

Freedom riders

Question 12

Stokely Carmichael was a founder of the________

Accepted Answer

Black Power movement

Question 13

What organization gave young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee

Question 14

Eliminating this requires changing people's attitudes instead of repealing laws.

Accepted Answer

De jure segregation

Question 15

Why was Rosa Park's action on December 1,1955, significant?

Accepted Answer

Remained nonviolent and outlawed bus segregation

Question 16

What helped equalize education and job opportunities?

Accepted Answer

Affirmative action

Question 17

What problem were African Americans facing in the North?

Accepted Answer

De facto segregation

Question 18

How did the Brown decision affect schools outside of Topeka?

Accepted Answer

Desegregation of schools in 21 states

Question 19

In 1943, who became the secretary for the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 20

What effect did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 have on society?

Accepted Answer

Ended discrimination in housing

Question 21

Who was jailed for registering to vote in 1962?

Accepted Answer

Frannie Lou Hamer

Question 22

What were the roots of Martin Luther King Jr.'s beliefs in nonviolence resistance?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks nonviolence resistance on the bus

Question 23

What ensured fair treatment in employment?

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 24

What were some of the causes of urban rioting in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Signing of Voting Rights Act, Death of 15-year-old student

Question 25

What events led to desegregation in Birmingham?

Accepted Answer

Continued protests, An economic boycott, Negative media coverage

Dempsey, College Prep US History Quiz Review, Chapter 29 Civil Rights

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