US History Civil Rights Test 5

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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 organization was founded by students in 1960?

A) SNCC

B) NAACP

C) SCLC

D) CORE

Question 2

Which person was Malcolm X?

A) SCLC leader

B) Nation of Islam leader advocating Black empowerment

C) NAACP lawyer

D) Bus boycott organizer

Question 3

What was Brown v. Board?

A) a tax case

B) a war trial

C) ended school segregation 1954

D) a voting case

Question 4

Where was King killed?

A) Atlanta

B) Chicago

C) DC

D) Memphis

Question 5

What was MFDP?

A) 1964 alternate delegates

B) Party regulars

C) No delegates

D) Court

Question 6

Which of the following best defines Selma march?

A) War march

B) 1965 voting march

C) Labor march

D) Tax march

Question 7

Which person was the first black Supreme Court justice?

A) Hugo Black

B) Clarence Thomas

C) Thurgood Marshall

D) John Marshall

Question 8

Which law protected voting rights (1965)?

A) Motor Voter Act

B) Help America Vote Act

C) Civil Rights Act

D) Voting Rights Act

Question 9

Name the person who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

A) Martin Luther King Jr.

B) Thurgood Marshall

C) Malcolm X

D) Rosa Parks

Question 10

Which person refused to give up her bus seat in 1955?

A) Fannie Lou Hamer

B) Rosa Parks

C) Sojourner Truth

D) Harriet Tubman

Question 11

Who led the Montgomery bus boycott movement?

A) Rosa Parks

B) John Lewis

C) Martin Luther King Jr.

D) Malcolm X

Question 12

Which person marched Selma?

A) King alone

B) No marchers

C) Soldiers

D) John Lewis and thousands

Question 13

Which Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools?

A) Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

B) Plessy v. Ferguson

C) Dred Scott

D) Miranda

Question 14

Which act banned housing discrimination (1968)?

A) Voting Rights Act

B) Fair Housing Act

C) Civil Rights Act

D) Equal Rights Amendment

Question 15

Which person was Fannie Lou Hamer?

A) Senator

B) Judge

C) MFDP speaker

D) No speaker

Question 16

What best defines Little Rock 1957?

A) Peaceful mixing

B) School closing

C) Court shutdown

D) Guarded integration

Question 17

Which term means "Pride self-reliance call"?

A) Black Power

B) the Selma march for

C) the Little Rock Nine (1957)

D) the sit-in movement

Question 18

Name the person who were Little Rock Nine.

A) Teachers

B) Black students

C) Guards

D) Reporters

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

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