TOPIC TEST (3) 92%

Elijah Muhammad, a leader of the Nation of Islam, promoted

freedom rides.
black nationalism.
sit-ins.
boycotts.

black nationalism.

James Meredith took his case against the University of Mississippi to

the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
the US Supreme Court.
the university’s admissions board.

the US Supreme Court.

Which best describes the circumstances that led to Brown v. Board of Education?

A state university permitted an African American student to attend but not interact with white students.
Orval Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to block African American students from attending white schools.
An 8-year-old girl had to walk through a dangerous area to attend an African American school each day.
Nineteen senators and seventy-seven representatives signed a document called the Southern Manifesto.

An 8-year-old girl had to walk through a dangerous area to attend an African American school each day.

A result of the Freedom Summer campaign was that

the number of African American voters in Mississippi increased significantly.
African Americans were not convinced to turn out to register to vote.
white registration workers rejected most African American applications.
African American registered voters in Mississippi out-numbered white voters.

the number of African American voters in Mississippi increased significantly.

In December of 1956, the Supreme Court ended the bus boycott by ruling that

Alabama’s segregation laws were unconstitutional.
Montgomery’s segregation laws were constitutional.
public schools should be integrated as quickly as possible.
the military should be integrated as quickly as possible.

Alabama’s segregation laws were unconstitutional.

One major difference between the occupations of Alcatraz in 1969 and Wounded Knee in 1973 was that

Alcatraz was meant to protest broken treaties.
Wounded Knee resulted in the deaths of several people.
Wounded Knee took place on federal property.
Alcatraz was symbolic of suffering by American Indians.

Wounded Knee resulted in the deaths of several people.

San Francisco was a focus for Asian American reformers in the 1960s because it was

where many Asian immigrants opposed reform efforts.
where many Asian immigrants had entered the United States.
a location of Japanese American internment during World War II.
where the Chinese Exclusion Act had been signed.

where many Asian immigrants had entered the United States.

Which statement best describes the history of segregation in professional baseball?

It began in 1947 and continues today.
It began by 1890 and continued until 1947.
It began after 1890 and ended in the 1920s.
It was never completely segregated.

It began by 1890 and continued until 1947.

Which statement is true of most World War II African American military units?

They were better paid than white units.
They were paid the same as white units.
They were kept from combat roles.
They were forced into combat roles.

They were kept from combat roles.

Why did Malcolm X leave the Nation of Islam?

He disagreed with its religious views.
He wanted to promote separatist views.
He believed that Christianity could unify races.
He disagreed with its separatist views.

He disagreed with its separatist views.

A result of the Selma voting rights marches was that

few Americans felt their effect.
support for voting rights decreased.
support for voting rights increased.
the Twenty-Fourth Amendment passed.

support for voting rights increased.

Brown v. Board of Education marked the NAACP’s greatest success in its fight to

build African American public schools.
end segregation in all public education.
establish equality in America’s segregated schools.
remove Chief Justice Warren from the Supreme Court.

end segregation in all public education.

The initial cause of the Watts Riots in 1965 was

the burning of a business in Los Angeles.
the arrival of the National Guard.
the arrest of an African American by white police officers.
the passage of civil rights legislation.

the arrest of an African American by white police officers.

Which aspect of the March on Washington sent a powerful statement to the United States and the world?

the presence of famous celebrities
the location at the Lincoln Memorial
the presence of religious leaders
the size of the crowd that attended

the size of the crowd that attended

Who formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?

Coretta King
James Farmer
Malcolm X
Ella Baker

Ella Baker

Which kept African Americans from nominating candidates for office?

poll taxes
literacy tests
white primaries
grandfather clauses

grandfather clauses

In 1964, the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee launched

the Birmingham Campaign.
a campaign to integrate all-white schools.
the Children’s Crusade.
a campaign to register African American voters.

a campaign to register African American voters.

Which best describes the events that occurred in 1957 at Central High School?

Orval Faubus sent troops to resist integration, and President Eisenhower sent troops to enforce it.
Local citizens protested integration, and President Eisenhower ordered Orval Faubus to send National Guard troops.
Local citizens protested integration, and Orval Faubus sent National Guard troops to enforce it.
Orval Faubus sent troops to enforce integration, and President Eisenhower sent troops to prevent violence.

Orval Faubus sent troops to resist integration, and President Eisenhower sent troops to enforce it.

Which factor contributed to the Watts Riots of 1965?

racism against white officers
fear that segregation would end
frustration with the civil rights movement
anger over unemployment and police brutality

anger over unemployment and police brutality

Which factor led to the death of Malcolm X in 1965?

violent protests organized by his followers
a rejection of Islamic customs and beliefs
growing tensions with the Nation of Islam
separatist beliefs regarding race

growing tensions with the Nation of Islam

Which statement best summarizes the career of Thurgood Marshall?

After pressuring President Roosevelt to integrate the defense industry, Marshall pressured President Truman to integrate the armed forces.
After founding the NAACP, Marshall was appointed the first African American Supreme Court justice.
After serving as a US Army officer, Marshall attended UCLA and eventually became the first African American to play Major League Baseball.
After working for the NAACP and winning twenty-nine court cases, Marshall was appointed a Supreme Court justice.

After working for the NAACP and winning twenty-nine court cases, Marshall was appointed a Supreme Court justice.

Which did President Kennedy send to the universities of Alabama and Mississippi in 1963?

civil rights leaders
police officers
the media
federal troops

federal troops

How did the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 affect voter registration rates in the United States in the decades that followed?

African American voter registration rates surpassed white registration rates.
African American voter registration rates equaled white registration rates.
African American voter registration rates became lower than white registration rates.
African American and white registration rates were not affected.

African American voter registration rates equaled white registration rates.

The 1950 Supreme Court decision to ban "separate but equal" law schools in Texas

forced graduate schools across the country to integrate.
applied only to law schools, not to other graduate schools.
did not apply to law schools in other states.
applied only to the law school named in the case.

forced graduate schools across the country to integrate.

The governor of Arkansas justified his refusal to allow integration of Central High School in Little Rock by claiming that

the Little Rock School Board had decided against integration.
Arkansas was not bound by Supreme Court decisions.
he was acting to protect the public.
he had the support of the president.

he was acting to protect the public.