US History Civil Rights Test 2

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History Civil Rights (Us History) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — Us History USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — Us History.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Civil Rights (Us History) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Civil Rights (Us History) · Country: USA · Region: USA — Us History

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

Name the person who led the Montgomery bus boycott movement.

A) Martin Luther King Jr.

B) Malcolm X

C) Rosa Parks

D) John Lewis

Question 2

Which act banned housing discrimination (1968)?

A) Civil Rights Act

B) Fair Housing Act

C) Voting Rights Act

D) Equal Rights Amendment

Question 3

What best defines Civil Rights Act?

A) Voting only

B) Farm aid

C) 1964 equality law

D) Tax law

Question 4

What were Freedom Rides?

A) Train tours

B) Plane hops

C) Car pools

D) 1961 bus integration

Question 5

Which person led boycott?

A) Martin Luther King Jr.

B) Parks

C) Nixon

D) Wilkins

Question 6

When was King killed?

A) 1965

B) April 1968

C) 1963

D) 1970

Question 7

Which person was the first black Supreme Court justice?

A) Clarence Thomas

B) John Marshall

C) Thurgood Marshall

D) Hugo Black

Question 8

What was MFDP?

A) Party regulars

B) No delegates

C) Court

D) 1964 alternate delegates

Question 9

Which term means "1965 ballot protection"?

A) Voting Rights Act

B) the sit-in movement

C) the Little Rock Nine (1957)

D) Brown v. Board

Question 10

What best defines Fair Housing Act?

A) Farm aid

B) 1968 discrimination ban

C) Tax law

D) No law

Question 11

What was the sit-in movement?

A) Bus boycott

B) Voting drive

C) Protesting segregated lunch counters

D) March

Question 12

Who were Little Rock Nine?

A) Teachers

B) Guards

C) Reporters

D) Black students

Question 13

Which term means "1968 discrimination ban"?

A) Fair Housing Act

B) the sit-in movement

C) the Little Rock Nine (1957)

D) Brown v. Board

Question 14

Name the person who marched Selma.

A) King alone

B) John Lewis and thousands

C) No marchers

D) Soldiers

Question 15

Provide the definition of Little Rock 1957:

A) Peaceful mixing

B) School closing

C) Guarded integration

D) Court shutdown

Question 16

Provide the definition of Albany Movement:

A) Victory

B) No campaign

C) Parade

D) 1961 Georgia campaign

Question 17

Provide the definition of Birmingham 1963:

A) Protest crackdown

B) Parade

C) Fair

D) Game

Question 18

Which person was Fannie Lou Hamer?

A) Senator

B) MFDP speaker

C) Judge

D) No speaker

Question 19

What best defines Black Power?

A) Hate group

B) No slogan

C) Pride self-reliance call

D) Party name

Question 20

Name the person who were the Little Rock Nine.

A) soldiers

B) a band

C) athletes

D) Black students integrating school 1957

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