US History Civil Rights Test 8

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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

What best defines the sit-in movement?

A) Protesting segregated lunch counters

B) Bus boycott

C) Voting drive

D) March

Question 2

Which term means "Black students integrating Central High"?

A) the sit-in movement

B) the Little Rock Nine (1957)

C) Brown v. Board

D) the Selma march for

Question 3

Which person led the Montgomery bus boycott movement?

A) Malcolm X

B) Rosa Parks

C) Martin Luther King Jr.

D) John Lewis

Question 4

Which term means "1965 voting march"?

A) the sit-in movement

B) the Little Rock Nine (1957)

C) Brown v. Board

D) Selma march

Question 5

Who led boycott?

A) Martin Luther King Jr.

B) Parks

C) Nixon

D) Wilkins

Question 6

Provide the definition of the Little Rock Nine (1957):

A) Bus boycott

B) Black students integrating Central High

C) March on Washington

D) Freedom Riders

Question 7

Which person marched Selma?

A) King alone

B) No marchers

C) John Lewis and thousands

D) Soldiers

Question 8

Which person was Malcolm X?

A) SCLC leader

B) Bus boycott organizer

C) NAACP lawyer

D) Nation of Islam leader advocating Black empowerment

Question 9

Provide the definition of Civil Rights Act:

A) 1964 equality law

B) Voting only

C) Farm aid

D) Tax law

Question 10

Who was Fannie Lou Hamer?

A) Senator

B) MFDP speaker

C) Judge

D) No speaker

Question 11

What was Fair Housing Act?

A) Farm aid

B) Tax law

C) 1968 discrimination ban

D) No law

Question 12

What sparked the boycott?

A) a parade

B) an election

C) a speech

D) Rosa Parks' arrest 1955

Question 13

Which term means "1964 equality law"?

A) Civil Rights Act

B) the sit-in movement

C) the Little Rock Nine (1957)

D) Brown v. Board

Question 14

Which of the following best defines Little Rock 1957?

A) Peaceful mixing

B) Guarded integration

C) School closing

D) Court shutdown

Question 15

Which of the following best defines Albany Movement?

A) Victory

B) No campaign

C) 1961 Georgia campaign

D) Parade

Question 16

Which of the following best defines Birmingham 1963?

A) Parade

B) Fair

C) Game

D) Protest crackdown

Question 17

Who was "Nation of Islam leader advocating Black empowerment"?

A) Malcolm X

B) the first black Supreme Court justice

C) Stokely Carmichael

D) Fannie Lou Hamer

Question 18

Which of the following best defines 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) soldiers

B) a band

C) Black students integrating school 1957

D) athletes

Question 20

Which of the following best defines Brown v. Board?

A) a voting case

B) a tax case

C) a war trial

D) ended school segregation 1954

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