Question 1

What party did Freedom Summer activists create to challenge the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black Power Party 
B)  True Democratic Party 
C)  Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 
D)  Racial Freedom Party 
A)  Black Power Party 
B)  True Democratic Party 
C)  Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 
D)  Racial Freedom Party

Question 2

What did the Supreme Court decide in the case of Browder v. Gayle?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whites had a right to segregate anything they wanted to under the Fourteenth Amendment. 
B)  Blacks had no right to sue a private facility for discrimination. 
C)  Segregation in public transportation was unconstitutional. 
D)  Law schools had to be open to both blacks and whites. 
A)  Whites had a right to segregate anything they wanted to under the Fourteenth Amendment. 
B)  Blacks had no right to sue a private facility for discrimination. 
C)  Segregation in public transportation was unconstitutional. 
D)  Law schools had to be open to both blacks and whites.

Question 3

Who did many African Americans initially support in the election of 1960?

Accepted Answer

A)  John F. Kennedy 
B)  Richard Nixon 
C)  George Wallace 
D)  Lyndon B. Johnson 
A)  John F. Kennedy 
B)  Richard Nixon 
C)  George Wallace 
D)  Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 4

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 not do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It created a regulatory body to monitor discrimination in employment. 
B)  It banned discrimination in all public facilities across the nation. 
C)  It gave the federal government the power to withhold federal money from discriminatory businesses or institutions. 
D)  Restored all voting rights to African American men and women. 
A)  It created a regulatory body to monitor discrimination in employment. 
B)  It banned discrimination in all public facilities across the nation. 
C)  It gave the federal government the power to withhold federal money from discriminatory businesses or institutions. 
D)  Restored all voting rights to African American men and women.

Question 5

What was the result of the Freedom Rides?

Accepted Answer

A)  All of the students made it successfully to New Orleans, although they endured violence along the way. 
B)  The remaining students who persevered through Alabama were promptly arrested in Mississippi. 
C)  The students were able to get the buses desegregated after some legal effort. 
D)  The students decided not to continue, as they had been frightened so badly. 
A)  All of the students made it successfully to New Orleans, although they endured violence along the way. 
B)  The remaining students who persevered through Alabama were promptly arrested in Mississippi. 
C)  The students were able to get the buses desegregated after some legal effort. 
D)  The students decided not to continue, as they had been frightened so badly.

Question 6

How did the boycott affect the bus system?

Accepted Answer

A)  It did not-whites were able to compensate by riding the buses more. 
B)  It had a dramatic effect-it reduced their business by 65%. 
C)  It affected the companies slightly, but it was the lawsuit that was the most effective. 
D)  The marches and protests completely disrupted the bus routes. 
A)  It did not-whites were able to compensate by riding the buses more. 
B)  It had a dramatic effect-it reduced their business by 65%. 
C)  It affected the companies slightly, but it was the lawsuit that was the most effective. 
D)  The marches and protests completely disrupted the bus routes.

Question 7

Kennedy generally only acted decisively for African Americans when what happened?

Accepted Answer

A)  He acted decisively when he felt his authority as president was threatened. 
B)  Kennedy was a great civil rights supporter and acted for civil rights without regard to the thoughts of the white South. 
C)  He acted decisively when he was asked by the Soviet Union to improve the situation for blacks. 
D)  Kennedy failed to act decisively in any instance when he was in office. 
A)  He acted decisively when he felt his authority as president was threatened. 
B)  Kennedy was a great civil rights supporter and acted for civil rights without regard to the thoughts of the white South. 
C)  He acted decisively when he was asked by the Soviet Union to improve the situation for blacks. 
D)  Kennedy failed to act decisively in any instance when he was in office.

Question 8

What group was pivotal in early organizing and protest against the segregated buses in Montgomery?

Accepted Answer

A)  League of Women Voters 
B)  Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 
C)  Southern Christian Leadership Conference 
D)  Women's Political Council 
A)  League of Women Voters 
B)  Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 
C)  Southern Christian Leadership Conference 
D)  Women's Political Council

Question 9

What group did students form to continue their activism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
B)  Southern Christian Leadership Conference 
C)  Congress of Racial Equality 
D)  Southern Regional Congress 
A)  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
B)  Southern Christian Leadership Conference 
C)  Congress of Racial Equality 
D)  Southern Regional Congress

Question 10

What was the result of the Brown case?

Accepted Answer

A)  The court declared that separate educations for blacks and whites were not equal, therefore overturning the Plessy case. 
B)  Blacks were once again denied a right to equal educational opportunities. 
C)  The Supreme Court agreed that segregation was bad, but refused to issue a decision in the matter. 
D)  All educational facilities, both private and public, had to be desegregated immediately. 
A)  The court declared that separate educations for blacks and whites were not equal, therefore overturning the Plessy case. 
B)  Blacks were once again denied a right to equal educational opportunities. 
C)  The Supreme Court agreed that segregation was bad, but refused to issue a decision in the matter. 
D)  All educational facilities, both private and public, had to be desegregated immediately.

Question 11

What group did Martin Luther King Jr. form to continue the civil rights struggle begun with the Montgomery bus boycott?

Accepted Answer

A)  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
B)  Montgomery Bus Boycott League 
C)  Southern Christian Leadership Council 
D)  Congress of Racial Equality 
A)  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 
B)  Montgomery Bus Boycott League 
C)  Southern Christian Leadership Council 
D)  Congress of Racial Equality

Question 12

Who was responsible for the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers?

Accepted Answer

Byron de l

Question 13

Which of the following is true about the Montgomery bus boycott?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a spontaneous action with little planning, history, or effort behind it. 
B)  The bus boycott was a result of years of activism and organization. 
C)  The bus boycott damaged the city's buses, but was ultimately unsuccessful. 
D)  It was planned, led, and organized entirely by the capable Martin Luther King Jr. 
A)  It was a spontaneous action with little planning, history, or effort behind it. 
B)  The bus boycott was a result of years of activism and organization. 
C)  The bus boycott damaged the city's buses, but was ultimately unsuccessful. 
D)  It was planned, led, and organized entirely by the capable Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 14

What is true about the sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina in February of 1960?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a completely spontaneous effort, with little planning beforehand. 
B)  It was the first time the sit-in tactic had been used. 
C)  It sparked a wave of similar activities, and great support from the student community. 
D)  It was a complete failure generally.. 
A)  It was a completely spontaneous effort, with little planning beforehand. 
B)  It was the first time the sit-in tactic had been used. 
C)  It sparked a wave of similar activities, and great support from the student community. 
D)  It was a complete failure generally..

Question 15

When Rosa Parks was arrested, how long did E. D. Nixon and Jo Ann Robinson initially plan for the boycott to last?

Accepted Answer

A)  one day 
B)  one month 
C)  one year 
D)  ninety days 
A)  one day 
B)  one month 
C)  one year 
D)  ninety days

Question 16

What was the ultimate outcome of the Albany Movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a complete success-with King's assistance, they desegregated the entire town. 
B)  Blacks were able to make some limited gains, like desegregating the lunch counters. 
C)  Blacks were appointed to several political offices by the mayor to prevent further violence. 
D)  It was a complete failure-although the city initially agreed to compromises, they quickly refused to implement any changes. 
A)  It was a complete success-with King's assistance, they desegregated the entire town. 
B)  Blacks were able to make some limited gains, like desegregating the lunch counters. 
C)  Blacks were appointed to several political offices by the mayor to prevent further violence. 
D)  It was a complete failure-although the city initially agreed to compromises, they quickly refused to implement any changes.

Question 17

What was the ultimate goal of the Albany Movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  the registration of a black student at the local college 
B)  voter registration and total desegregation of the town 
C)  that local restaurants serve blacks as well as whites 
D)  that a local black newspaper be rebuilt after being burned down by racist whites 
A)  the registration of a black student at the local college 
B)  voter registration and total desegregation of the town 
C)  that local restaurants serve blacks as well as whites 
D)  that a local black newspaper be rebuilt after being burned down by racist whites

Question 18

Who was chosen to lead the new Montgomery Improvement Association?

Accepted Answer

A)  E. D. Nixon 
B)  Rosa Parks 
C)  Martin Luther King Jr. 
D)  Jo Ann Robinson 
A)  E. D. Nixon 
B)  Rosa Parks 
C)  Martin Luther King Jr. 
D)  Jo Ann Robinson

Question 19

Why was Rosa Parks arrested on December 1, 1955?

Accepted Answer

A)  for refusing to move from her seat for a white man 
B)  for sitting in the white section of the bus 
C)  for organizing the bus boycott 
D)  she was assisting with marches and demonstrations over the boycott 
A)  for refusing to move from her seat for a white man 
B)  for sitting in the white section of the bus 
C)  for organizing the bus boycott 
D)  she was assisting with marches and demonstrations over the boycott

Question 20

What did the Brown II decision say?

Accepted Answer

A)  Schools should desegregate "with all deliberate speed." 
B)  The Brown decision should be ignored, since it was issued without due care. 
C)  The president should enforce the Brown decision with all the resources at his command. 
D)  That African Americans should not have to tolerate segregation in any public facility. 
A)  Schools should desegregate "with all deliberate speed." 
B)  The Brown decision should be ignored, since it was issued without due care. 
C)  The president should enforce the Brown decision with all the resources at his command. 
D)  That African Americans should not have to tolerate segregation in any public facility.

Exam 21: The Freedom Movement

What party did Freedom Summer activists create to challenge the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party?

What did the Supreme Court decide in the case of Browder v. Gayle?

Who did many African Americans initially support in the election of 1960?

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 not do?

What was the result of the Freedom Rides?

How did the boycott affect the bus system?

Kennedy generally only acted decisively for African Americans when what happened?

What group was pivotal in early organizing and protest against the segregated buses in Montgomery?

What group did students form to continue their activism?

What was the result of the Brown case?

What group did Martin Luther King Jr. form to continue the civil rights struggle begun with the Montgomery bus boycott?

Who was responsible for the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers?

Which of the following is true about the Montgomery bus boycott?

What is true about the sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina in February of 1960?

When Rosa Parks was arrested, how long did E. D. Nixon and Jo Ann Robinson initially plan for the boycott to last?

What was the ultimate outcome of the Albany Movement?

What was the ultimate goal of the Albany Movement?

Who was chosen to lead the new Montgomery Improvement Association?

Why was Rosa Parks arrested on December 1, 1955?

What did the Brown II decision say?

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