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20-21 JFK/LBJ/Civil Rights PRE-Test

Please answer the questions to the best of your ability.
Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lead the communist revolution in Cuba from 1956-1959?

a. Joseph Stalin
b. Fidel Castro
c. Benito Mussolini
d. Fulgencio Batista

2. Which president promoted the New Frontier and passed legislation that increased defense
spending, provided federal aid for education, and expanded the space program?
a. Richard Nixon
b. Dwight D. Eisenhower
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Lyndon B. Johnson

3. The United States government hoped to prompt an uprising in Cuba through this event, but failed
miserably.
a. Cuban Missile Crisis
b. Bay of Pigs Invasion
c. The 1959 Cuban Revolution
d. The Berlin Crisis

4. Which president promoted the Great Society and implemented the War on Poverty?
a. Richard Nixon
b. Dwight D. Eisenhower
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Lyndon B. Johnson

5. Which of the following situations was one characteristic of the Berlin Crisis of 1958-1960?
a. All access to West Berlin was blocked off, and in response the U.S. began to drop supplies on the
city from airplanes
b. Berlin was divided into four zones of occupation. The West was controlled by France, Britain,
and American forces, while the East was under Soviet control.
c. East Germans began to flee to West Berlin to escape communism, and this exposed the failure of
the East German government and weakened the economy.
d. West Berlin forces built a wall around their half of the city to protect it from the spread of
communism from the East Germans.

6. Which of the following Supreme Court cases declared that separate but equal facilities were
constitutional and did NOT violate the Fourteenth Amendment?
a. Brown v. Board of Education
b. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. Mapp v. Ohio
d. Gideon v. Wainwright

7. What was the main type of resistance carried out by Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC?
a. Nonviolent protests
b. Armed conflict
c. Lawsuits
d. National Strikes

8. Rosa Parks was the first African American women to refuse to give up her bus seat on a
Montgomery city bus.
a. True
b. False

9. Segregated seating in interstate bus terminals was outlawed thanks to the

a. Little Rock Nine
b. Freedom Rides
c. Freedom Summer
d. Black Panthers

10. Civil Rights activists used this technique to force segregated establishments to serve African
Americans.
a. Freedom Rides
b. Boycott
c. Sit-Ins
d. March on Washington

11. Which of the following was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson and eliminated
discriminatory literacy tests directed toward African Americans?
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964
b. Voting Rights Act of 1965
c. Civil Rights Act of 1875
d. The Fifteenth Amendment

12. What did the establishment of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution do?
a. Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
b. Declared every citizen under the law has the right to vote, regardless of sex
c. Declared every citizen under the law has the right to vote, regardless of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude
d. Declared that all people born in the U.S. are citizens, and have equal protection under the law

13. Which president of the United States was the most successful in passing Civil Rights legislation
through Congress?
a. Lyndon B. Johnson
b. John F. Kennedy
c. Harry S. Truman
d. Richard Nixon
14. During the Civil Rights Movement, there was complete agreement among activists about the
tactics that should be used to gain recognition of their rights.
a. True
b. False

Written Response Questions

15. Write what you know about these prominent Civil Rights leaders:
a. Rosa Parks
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b. Martin Luther King Jr.

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c. Malcolm X
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d. James Meredith
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e. Fannie Lou Hamer

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f. Jo Anne Robinson
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Source: Lellingson. (n.d.). Civil Rights Movement Exam. Retrieved April 25, 2017, from
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=civil-rights-movement-exam_1
Pre-Test Answer Key
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. A
14. B
15. Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who was very involved in organizations for
the advancement of African Americans. She was arrested for refusing to give up her seat
on a bus, which kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott
16. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a civil rights activist who was the leader of the SCLC
and promoted nonviolence.
17. Malcolm X was the face of the Nation of Islam and promoted self defense and
armed resistance for the advancement of African American rights. He wanted to remain
separate and believed blacks were superior to whites.
18. James Meredith was the first African American to attend the University of
Mississippi
19. Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who fought for African American
voting rights and was the leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
20. Jo Anne Robinson was the woman who was responsible for beginning the
Montgomery Bus Boycott.