The Civil Rights Movement 1954 – 1968

Chapter 24, Section 2 & 3
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Name ______________________________
Class/Pd. ______________________________
Date ______________________________
The American Republic Chapter 24
The Civil Rights Movement 1954 – 1968
Section 2 “Challenging Segregation”
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1. The organization founded by student civil rights activists was
a. SNCC.
c. NAACP.
b. CORE.
d. SCLC.
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2. The Freedom Riders were organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to
a. promote voter registration.
b. end school segregation.
c. stop violence against voters.
d. integrate bus terminals.
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3. The person who wrote the famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was
a. Eugene “Bull” Connor.
c. Martin Luther King, Jr.
b. James Meredith.
d. John Lewis.
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4. The brutality against African Americans in Birmingham prompted Kennedy to
a. vote for a fair housing bill.
b. propose a strong civil rights bill.
c. jail several southern Democratic leaders.
d. release Martin Luther King, Jr., on bail.
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5. Participants in the 1963 March on Washington hoped to
a. get “Bull” Connor prosecuted for police brutality.
b. convince Congress to pass civil rights legislation.
c. prevent the reelection of President Kennedy.
d. do battle with the police of Washington, D.C.
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6. At the march on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
a. was assassinated.
b. was arrested.
c. gave his “I have a dream” speech.
d. organized the SCLC.
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7. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did little to
a. guarantee the right to vote.
b. end segregation in public places.
c. end discrimination in employment.
d. end school segregation.
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8. After Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
a. the civil rights movement slowly ended.
b. white Southerners still prevented most African Americans from voting.
c. many African Americans were elected to office at all levels.
d. the Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional.
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Chapter 24, Section 2 & 3
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Section 3 “New Issues”
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9. The goals of the civil rights movement until 1965—ending segregation and restoring the voting rights of
African Americans—could be achieved through new laws and
a. court decisions.
b. abolishing racism.
c. changing attitudes.
d. changing values.
____ 10. An African American neighborhood in Los Angeles where a race riot broke out in 1965 and 1968.
a. Watts
b. Detroit
c. Omaha
d. Benton Harbor
____ 11. Who had become a symbol of the black power movement that was sweeping the nation by the early
1960s?
a. Reverend Ralph Abernathy
b. Stokely Carmichael
c. Malcolm X
d. Eldridge Cleaver
____ 12. Despite their name, the Black Muslims do not hold the same beliefs as mainstream Muslims, but preach
a. nonviolence.
b. black nationalism.
c. cultural assimilation.
d. integration.
____ 13. After his pilgrimage to Makkah, Malcolm X concluded that
a. an integrated society was possible.
b. integration was not possible.
c. black power meant self-sufficiency.
d. assimilation was key to success.
____ 14. What group urged African Americans to arm themselves and confront white society in order to force
whites to grant them equal rights?
a. Black Panthers
b. Black Power
c. Black Muslims
d. SNCC
____ 15. In support of a strike by African American sanitation workers, Dr. King went to Memphis, Tennessee,
where on April 4, 1968, he was
a. awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
b. assassinated.
c. arrested.
d. beaten by union members.
____ 16. The ____________________, which Congress passed in the wake of Dr. King's death, contained a fair
housing provision outlawing discrimination in housing sales and rentals.
a. Race Act of 1995
b. Civil Rights Act of 1957
c. Voting Rights Act of 1965
d. Civil Rights Act of 1968
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