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US History Civil Rights Test 8

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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
What was the Little Rock Nine (1957)?
A) Black students integrating Central High
B) March on Washington
C) Bus boycott
D) Freedom Riders
Question 2
When was King killed?
A) 1965
B) April 1968
C) 1963
D) 1970
Question 3
Where was 'I Have a Dream' given?
A) Memphis
B) Atlanta
C) March on Washington 1963
D) Selma
Question 4
Provide the definition of Fair Housing Act:
A) Farm aid
B) Tax law
C) No law
D) 1968 discrimination ban
Question 5
Which person led boycott?
A) Martin Luther King Jr.
B) Parks
C) Nixon
D) Wilkins
Question 6
Which term means "1968 discrimination ban"?
A) the Little Rock Nine (1957)
B) Fair Housing Act
C) the sit-in movement
D) Brown v. Board
Question 7
Which term means "Protesting segregated lunch counters"?
A) the Little Rock Nine (1957)
B) Brown v. Board
C) the sit-in movement
D) the Selma march for
Question 8
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplished which of these?
A) banned polls
B) lowered voting age
C) created primaries
D) protected Black voting rights
Question 9
Who were Little Rock Nine?
A) Black students
B) Teachers
C) Guards
D) Reporters
Question 10
What sparked the boycott?
A) a speech
B) Rosa Parks' arrest 1955
C) a parade
D) an election
Question 11
Which of the following best defines Fair Housing Act?
A) Farm aid
B) Tax law
C) 1968 discrimination ban
D) No law
Question 12
Which of the following best defines the sit-in movement?
A) March
B) Bus boycott
C) Voting drive
D) Protesting segregated lunch counters
Question 13
What were Freedom Rides?
A) 1961 bus integration
B) Train tours
C) Plane hops
D) Car pools
Question 14
Which of the following best defines Albany Movement?
A) Victory
B) 1961 Georgia campaign
C) No campaign
D) Parade
Question 15
Which person was Stokely Carmichael?
A) King aide
B) Senator
C) Black Power voice
D) Judge
Question 16
Who was "March leader congressman"?
A) Malcolm X
B) the first black Supreme Court justice
C) Stokely Carmichael
D) John Lewis
Question 17
Provide the definition of MFDP:
A) 1964 alternate delegates
B) Party regulars
C) No delegates
D) Court
Question 18
Which of the following best defines Birmingham 1963?
A) Parade
B) Protest crackdown
C) Fair
D) Game
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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