ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, February 11, 1996 TAG: 9602090033
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 4 EDITION: METRO
1. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman banned racial segregation in
a. the military.
b. federal welfare programs.
c. federal low-cost housing.
d. federally aided public schools.
2. Which 1954 Supreme Court decision ruled that the doctrine of ``separate but equal'' as applied to educational institutions was ``inherently unequal''?
a. Plessy v. Ferguson.
b. Cummins v. County Board of Education.
c. Brown v. Topeka Board of Education.
d. Milliken v. Bradley.
3. Who sparked the black boycott of public buses with segregated seating in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955?
a. Rosa Parks.
b. Fannie Lou Hamer.
c. Barbara Jordan.
d. Shirley Chisholm.
4. Where did the most publicized example of state opposition to integration of
public schools take place in the 1950s?
a. Birmingham, Ala.
b. Jackson, Miss.
c. Richmond, Va.
d. Little Rock, Ark.
5. The famous tactic used by civil-rights activists was nonviolent civil disobedience, such as sit-ins and marches. In what city were these tactics most successful?
a. Albany, Ga.
b. Birmingham, Ala.
c. Jackson, Miss.
d. Columbia, S.C.
6. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the most famous speech of his life at the peaceful March on Washington in 1963. What was the title of the speech?
a. ``I Have A Dream.''
b. ``Freedom Now.''
c. ``Ain't Going to Let Nothing Turn Us Around.''
d. ``Moving Mountains.''
7. The ``Freedom Summer'' of 1964 is well-known for several reasons, including the murder of three civil rights activists by local citizens (dramatized in a 1980s motion picture). Where did the Freedom Summer take place?
a. Georgia.
b. Alabama.
c. Mississippi.
d. South Carolina.
8. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 barred discrimination in
a. Private clubs.
b. Private accommodations.
c. Public accommodations.
d. Public sales of houses.
9. Which one of the following men was not considered a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?
a. Martin Luther King Jr.
b. A. Phillip Randolph.
c. James Farmer.
d. Jesse Jackson.
e. Malcolm X.
10. After 1965, the impetus of the Civil Rights Movement moved from the South to the North. Which organization or movement is most closely identified with this Northern, urban phase?
a. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
b. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
c. Black Power movement.
d. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
11. Where did the first major race riot of the 1960s occur?
a. Detroit.
b. New York.
c. Philadelphia.
d. Watts (in Los Angeles).
12. While civil-rights legislation and court decisions continued into the 1970s, many Americans feel the end of the movement was signaled by
a. The murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi.
b. The assassination of Malcolm X.
c. The bloody race riot in Newark that left 26 African Americans dead.
d. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
EXTRA CREDIT: Which state had a school system that shut down for five years rather than integrate? Years earlier, a suit against the same system became part of a Supreme Court case in which school segregation was found unconstitutional.
a. Mississippi.
b. Alabama.
c. North Carolina.
d. Virginia.
QUIZ ANSWERS
1 - a; 2 - c; 3 - a; 4 - d; 5 - b. The protest resulted in store owners agreeing to desegregate.; 6 - a; 7 - c; 8 - c; 9 - d. Jesse Jackson was still in his 20s and yet to become the leader he is today; 10 - c; 11 - d; 12 - d; EC - d. The school system was in Prince Edward County.
THE QUIZ was prepared by John Selby, associate professor of history at Roanoke College, who believes students should be able to answer the questions correctly by the time they graduate from high school.
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