A. Lyndon B. Johnson
B. John F. Kennedy
C. Richard Nixon
D. Jimmy Carter
Topic 16- CIVIL RIGHTS
1. The Freedom Summer movement (1964)
attempted to
A. To teach black kids in Alabama to grow
their own food so that they would be free of
hunger
B. Register black voters in rural Mississippi
& Teach southern blacks to fight violently for
their civil rights
D. Lead a secession movement because
southern whites were angry over school
desegregation
6. What modern invention did Martin Luther
King, Jr. utilize in securing black voting and
civil rights?
A. Cellular devices
B. The internet
C. Television
D. Assault rifles
2. What did 101 southern members of Congress
argue when they signed the Southern
Manifesto?
A. The Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka (1954) decision was unconstitutional
B. There should be six Senators from each
state
The southern states needed immediate help
in rebuilding their highways and city sewer
systems
D. The United States must begin rebuilding the
armed forces to stop the Soviet Union from
invading South America
7. Eugene "Bull” Connor became famous on
American television for:
A. Using brute force, including firehoses and
police dogs, to break up non-violent black
protests in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963
B. Helping to save a dozen wounded Marines
during fighting in the Mekong Delta in 1967
C. Writing "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
after being jailed for defending black college
students attempting to sit at a Woolworth's
lunch counter in Brownsville, Texas
D. Hugging Martin Luther King, Jr. and
protecting him as he crossed the bridge
leading into Selma, Alabama
3. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SNCC) was dedicated to:
A. Feeding and clothing poor whites and
blacks across the South in the name of God
B. Convincing southern blacks to accept
Christianity and to not worry about their
voting and civil rights
C. Following Martin Luther King, Jr. in using
non-violent resistance against segregation in
the American South
D. Training a new generation of white southern
leaders that would resist racial integration
and protect traditional southern values
8. What event took place on August 28, 1963 in
Washington, DC related to the Civil Rights
Movement?
A. Jackie Robinson became the first black
Major League Baseball player when he
debuted for the Pittsburgh Pirates against
the Washington Senators
B. President Lyndon B. Johnson agreed to
meet with Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Ralph Abernathy in the White House to
discuss racial justice
C. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I
Have a Dream” speech during the March on
Washington
D. Jim Brown ran for 231 yards and scored six
touchdowns for the Cleveland Browns
against the Washington Redskins in the first
NFL game ever played by a black man
4. Which of the following African-American
leaders was a black nationalist?
A. Martin Luther King, Jr.
B. Malcolm X
C. Lee Harvey Oswald
D. Strom Thurmond
5. Which American president oversaw the passage
of the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting
Rights Act (1965)