US History Civil Rights Test 7

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History Civil Rights (Middle School) Middle School (USA History, 6-8) USA USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for Middle School History (6-8), USA — Middle School (USA History, 6-8) level, USA.
For Middle School students (6-8) — Middle School History in the USA
Section: History Civil Rights (Middle School) · Education: Middle School · Part: History Civil Rights (Middle 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

Who was the first black Supreme Court justice?

A) Thurgood Marshall

B) Clarence Thomas

C) Hugo Black

D) John Marshall

Question 2

What best defines the sit-in movement?

A) Voting drive

B) Protesting segregated lunch counters

C) March

D) Bus boycott

Question 3

What was MFDP?

A) Party regulars

B) No delegates

C) 1964 alternate delegates

D) Court

Question 4

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

A) lowered voting age

B) created primaries

C) banned polls

D) protected Black voting rights

Question 5

What was Civil Rights Act?

A) 1964 equality law

B) Voting only

C) Farm aid

D) Tax law

Question 6

Which group organized Freedom Rides?

A) NAACP

B) CORE

C) SCLC

D) SNCC

Question 7

When was King killed?

A) 1965

B) 1963

C) April 1968

D) 1970

Question 8

Identify the first black Supreme Court justice.

A) Clarence Thomas

B) Hugo Black

C) John Marshall

D) Thurgood Marshall

Question 9

Which person led boycott?

A) Martin Luther King Jr.

B) Parks

C) Nixon

D) Wilkins

Question 10

Who dreamed in 1963?

A) Malcolm X

B) Martin Luther King Jr.

C) Lewis

D) Randolph

Question 11

Which term means "ended school segregation 1954"?

A) the sit-in movement

B) the Little Rock Nine (1957)

C) Brown v. Board

D) the Selma march for

Question 12

Which term means "1968 discrimination ban"?

A) the sit-in movement

B) the Little Rock Nine (1957)

C) Brown v. Board

D) Fair Housing Act

Question 13

Which person was the first black Supreme Court justice?

A) Thurgood Marshall

B) Clarence Thomas

C) Hugo Black

D) John Marshall

Question 14

Which term means "Guarded integration"?

A) the Selma march for

B) Little Rock 1957

C) Selma march

D) Civil Rights Act

Question 15

Name John Lewis.

A) Senator

B) Judge

C) March leader congressman

D) No marcher

Question 16

Name Stokely Carmichael.

A) King aide

B) Senator

C) Judge

D) Black Power voice

Question 17

Provide the definition of Black Power:

A) Pride self-reliance call

B) Hate group

C) No slogan

D) Party name

Question 18

Provide the definition of Albany Movement:

A) Victory

B) 1961 Georgia campaign

C) No campaign

D) Parade

Question 19

Name the person who sparked boycott.

A) King

B) Lewis

C) Rosa Parks

D) Abernathy

Question 20

Where was 'I Have a Dream' given?

A) Selma

B) Atlanta

C) Memphis

D) March on Washington 1963

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