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US History Civil Rights Test 3

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History Us Civil Rights (High School) High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) USA USA History Standards & AP
What is this test? for High School History (9-12, AP US History), USA — High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) level, USA.
For High School students (9-12) including AP History in the USA
Section: History Us Civil Rights (High School) · Education: High School · Part: History Us Civil Rights (High School) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1
Which of the following best defines the Selma march for?
A) voting rights 1965
B) jobs
C) housing
D) schools
Question 2
Who was Fannie Lou Hamer?
A) Senator
B) MFDP speaker
C) Judge
D) No speaker
Question 3
Which person rode Freedom Rides?
A) Soldiers
B) Tourists
C) CORE activists
D) Politicians
Question 4
Which person dreamed in 1963?
A) Malcolm X
B) Lewis
C) Randolph
D) Martin Luther King Jr.
Question 5
Name the person who led the Montgomery bus boycott movement.
A) Martin Luther King Jr.
B) Rosa Parks
C) John Lewis
D) Malcolm X
Question 6
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
A) a band
B) Black students integrating school 1957
C) soldiers
D) athletes
Question 7
What best defines Civil Rights Act?
A) Voting only
B) Farm aid
C) 1964 equality law
D) Tax law
Question 8
What was Civil Rights Act?
A) Voting only
B) Farm aid
C) Tax law
D) 1964 equality law
Question 9
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
A) banned segregation and job bias
B) built schools
C) ended war
D) gave votes only
Question 10
Which of the following best defines March on Washington?
A) War march
B) 1963 rally
C) Labor march
D) Tax march
Question 11
What was the sit-in movement?
A) March
B) Bus boycott
C) Protesting segregated lunch counters
D) Voting drive
Question 12
What best defines Fair Housing Act?
A) Farm aid
B) Tax law
C) No law
D) 1968 discrimination ban
Question 13
Name Malcolm X.
A) Nation of Islam leader advocating Black empowerment
B) SCLC leader
C) NAACP lawyer
D) Bus boycott organizer
Question 14
Identify Malcolm X.
A) SCLC leader
B) Nation of Islam leader advocating Black empowerment
C) NAACP lawyer
D) Bus boycott organizer
Question 15
Who was "Black Power voice"?
A) Malcolm X
B) the first black Supreme Court justice
C) Stokely Carmichael
D) Fannie Lou Hamer
Question 16
Which term means "Guarded integration"?
A) the Selma march for
B) the Little Rock Nine (1957)
C) the sit-in movement
D) Little Rock 1957
Question 17
Name John Lewis.
A) March leader congressman
B) Senator
C) Judge
D) No marcher
Question 18
Provide the definition of Black Power:
A) Hate group
B) Pride self-reliance call
C) No slogan
D) Party name
Question 19
Name the person who were the Little Rock Nine.
A) a band
B) soldiers
C) Black students integrating school 1957
D) athletes
Question 20
Provide the definition of Brown v. Board:
A) a tax case
B) a war trial
C) a voting case
D) ended school segregation 1954

About This Test

For Elementary to University (USA) — U.S. History from Colonial to modern era and World History across ancient to contemporary, including state history and AP. Section: History, USA.

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