Lesson 7.02 Civil Rights Movement and Voter Turnout

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Review the key terms, events, and people from this lesson.

1. African-American voters in the South remained largely disenfranchised until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s as a result of__________.
   1. literacy tests
   2. poll taxes
   3. property ownership requirements
   4. both literacy tests and poll taxes

   Answer: d. both literacy tests and poll taxes

2. Jim Crow laws were passed in an effort to:
   1. enfranchise African-American voters in the North.
   2. enfranchise African-American voters in the South.
   3. segregate African-American citizens and take away their voting rights.
   4. eliminate black codes in Southern States.

   Answer: c. segregate African-American citizens and take away their voting rights.

3. Which of the following are true concerning Jim Crow Laws?
   1. They were enacted at the end of reconstruction until 1965.
   2. They were primarily in the southern states, but did exist in other parts of the nation.
   3. They created a way of life for African-Americans in which they were treated like second-class citizens with segregated schools, hospitals, and public facilities.
   4. All of the above

   Answer: d. All of the above

4. The Supreme Court ruled in ___________that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional, which overturned the “separate but equal” ruling
   1. Plessy v. Ferguson
   2. Buckley v. Valeo
   3. Brown v. Board of Education
   4. None of the above

   Answer: c. Brown v. Board of Education

5. During the Civil Rights Movement activists engaged in acts of civil disobedience in the form of non-violent protests including __________ to draw attention to inequality.
   1. sit-ins
   2. boycotts
   3. protest marches
   4. All of the above

   Answer: d. All of the above

6. The ____________is considered the event that triggered the modern-day Civil Rights Movement.
   1. the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
   2. Montgomery Bus Boycott
   3. Selma-to-Montgomery March
   4. Children’s March in Birmingham

   Answer: b. Montgomery Bus Boycott

7. All of the following are true concerning the Montgomery Bus Boycott EXCEPT
   1. It started in December 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus.
   2. It started in December 1955 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. refused to give up his seat to a white man on a city bus.
   3. There was a mass boycott of the city buses for 381 days that started the Civil Rights Movement.
   4. The boycott promoted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to become the leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

   Answer: b. It started in December 1955 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. refused to give up his seat to a white man on a city bus.

8. All of the following are true concerning the events in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 EXCEPT
   1. Dr. King called Birmingham, “the most segregated city in American.”
   2. The police commissioner, “Bull” Conner, starting using force and arresting protestors, including 900 children.
   3. Dr. King refused to allow children to march because the police were using force against the protestors.
   4. The horrific televised scenes of children under attack brought attention and support for the Birmingham cause.

   Answer: c. Dr. King refused to allow children to march because the police were using force against the protestors.

9. All of the following are true concerning the March on Washington in 1963 EXCEPT
   1. Dr. King called Washington, D.C. “the most segregated city in America.”
   2. Approximately 200,000 white and black supporters converged on the capital to participate in the peaceful and orderly march.
   3. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
   4. The march was organized to focus attention on President Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bill.

   Answer: a. Dr. King called Washington, D.C. “the most segregated city in America.”

10. The poll tax was abolished with the passage of the ____________.

    1. Civil Rights Act of 1964
    2. Twenty-fourth Amendment
    3. Voting Rights Act of 1965
    4. Twenty-sixth Amendment

    Answer: b. Twenty-fourth Amendment

11. In the summer of 1964, approximately 1,000 volunteers, both African-American and white, worked throughout Mississippi to register voters during _____________.
    1. the Selma-to-Montgomery March
    2. the Children’s March
    3. Freedom Summer
    4. the March on Washington

    Answer: c. Freedom Summer

12. All of the following are true concerning the Selma-to-Montgomery March EXCEPT
    1. The first attempt to march referred to as “Bloody Sunday,” ended in violence as state troopers used tear gas and brutalized the marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
    2. President Johnson put the Alabama National Guard under federal control to protect the 25,000 marchers in the third and final march.
    3. The second march ended in violence and the arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    4. The events of the three Selma Marches effectively demonstrated the need for voting rights legislation.

    Answer: c. The second march ended in violence and the arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

13. The ______________, which removed the final barriers ensuring that all American citizens would have the right to vote, was passed largely as a result of the Selma-to-Montgomery March. 
    1. Civil Rights Act of 1964
    2. Twenty-fourth Amendment
    3. Twenty-sixth Amendment
    4. Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Answer: d. Voting Rights Act of 1965

14. Which of the following is true concerning the impact of women and African-American voters on political parties?
    1. The larger number of women and African-Americans participating in elections has not affected the actions of either political party.
    2. In an effort to obtain the votes of African-Americans and women today, political parties make a point to include issues important to such voters in the party platforms.
    3. Both political parties attempt to encourage the support of minorities and women by being careful to appoint representatives of both groups to positions of leadership within the party and the government.
    4. Both b and c are true

    Answer: d. Both b and c are true

15. The ____________ Party actually modified its rules in 1972 to allow more females and minorities to be selected as delegates to their national nominating convention. 
    1. Democratic
    2. Republican

    Answer: a. Democratic

16. Immediately following the Civil War, African-Americans voted in large numbers in elections supporting the ___________ Party, the party that helped to bring an end to slavery.
    1. Democratic
    2. Republican

    Answer: b. Republican

17. Beginning in the Election of 1932, African-American voters realigned themselves with the __________Party and continue to overwhelmingly support its candidates in large numbers today as the most solid block of voters in the country.

    1.  Democratic
    2. Republican

    Answer: a.  Democratic

18. All of the following are true regarding the Nineteenth Amendment EXCEPT
    1. It granted women the right to vote.
    2. It failed to elevate women to a significant role in elections.
    3. It brought equality to women in the workforce, education and politics.
    4. Its passage resulted from years of struggle by suffragettes.

    Answer: c. It brought equality to women in the workforce, education and politics.